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What Is The Prognosis For Lung Cancer Sufferers?

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Julii Brainard answered
It depends a lot at which stage the disease is discovered. Overall, only 20% of victims will live 1 year after diagnosis, and only 6% live 5 years after diagnosis. This makes lung cancer one of the most deadly of cancer diseases.

Very rarely lung cancer is diagnosed very early on (Stage 1). Sufferers can expect a 70% chance of living 5 years.

Only a bit less rarely, some people are diagnosed at Stage 2 (or with limited small cell lung cancer). Only 40% of these people can expect to live at least 2 years.

People diagnosed with non small cell lung cancer at Stage 3 have a 25-30% chance of living another 5 years.

People diagnosed with Stage 4 non-small cell cancer have about a 25% chance of living one year, and about 2% chance of living 5 years or more.

Those with extensive small cell lung cancer very rarely live another year.
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Statistics mean nothing and it's the last thing someone should listen to if they are diagnosed. There is no way to get an accurate average. Your own diagnosis (& life expectancy) is going to be different from the next person depending on age, overall health when diagnosed, types of treatments you have access to, how much of a support system you have, your attitude & your Drs...and the list goes on. You are not a statistic, you are an individual case.
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My mom had small cell lung cancer and she has been through 3 rounds of chemo....her doctors have called her a inspiration to them .....bottom line is just live your life the best you can and if you want quality time take to a hospaud doctor that's the best thing we found...live the short time with quality.....God Bless and cover you with his hands
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My mother made 8 yrs with small cell...no chemo only radiation treatments...they even removed 1 of her lungs ..at the beginning of her battle....she did make 7 1 /2 yrs after the removal of her lung , but her muscles in her back had never healed up right , the cut went from center to center in a horseshoe , she has been gone just under 10 yrs ..she died at 58 , and was dianosed at 50 ...sometimes it just depends on the person , and GOD , they did say at the end she would not make a month , she made 19 days
connie Courington Profile
Are you saying that you only live a year after knowing that you have stage 4 small cell lung cancer, Question.....is that year with chemo or without chemo. With chemo what is the chance of living longer than one year with small cell lung cancer?
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My mother has been given 3 months to live . She is 86 years of age and has lung cancer. Radiation failed to help her. What can we expect to happen to her now. She is receiving morphine when needed.
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My dad was diagnosed in February 06 and given a life expectancy of 5-10 mos...he died in May 06. My best advice is to make her as comfortable as possible, while respecting her wishes & privacy. Keep her mind engaged, we did puzzles with my dad. Discuss and forgive each other for past issues. Help her to say/do anything necessary to cope, resolve issues, be at peace. Convince her to let you tell her friends & family, even if she resists. Get grief counseling. In the end, you can't ever go back.
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If you find out that you have lung cancer can anyone survive?
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I was diagnosed Dec 2010 with non small cell stage 3b. I did 6 weeks of radiation, 3 rounds of chemo, they removed my left lung in May 2011, 2 more rounds of chemo just for good measure and I am cancer free. You absolutely CAN survive.

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