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Default how long will a patient live if he/she is diagnosed with lung cancer at stage 4? - 08-05-2009, 01:22 AM

how long will a patient live if he/she is diagnosed with lung cancer at stage 4?
   
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Default 08-08-2009, 01:22 AM

6. months is a long life sorry to say that but it is true sorry?
   
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Default 08-12-2009, 01:22 AM

have hope! the world survives on hope!
   
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Default 08-16-2009, 01:22 AM

first a child cannot get lung cancer it is highly unlikely secondly if he gets it he will live for 10 years if treated at the earliest otherwise 0NE year
   
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Default 08-21-2009, 01:22 AM

it depend on the condition of the patient surviving from cancer
   
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Default 08-25-2009, 01:22 AM

It totally depends on the person! There are people that can go a very long time, Its when it gets to the liver that's the problem.
   
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Default 08-30-2009, 01:22 AM

My understanding of cancer is that stage four means "end stage", that there is nothing that can be done except to attempt to minimize the patent's pain and suffering.

Life expectancy is based on a HUGE number of factors, starting with the quality of care, the patent's will to fight/live, the patent's support system (family/friends/concerned caregivers) and the patent's age and overall health apart from the effects of cancer.

Oncologists are rightly reluctant to give a specific figure because each patient is different. My mother survived for 2 1/2 years with stage four breast cancer that eventually spread to her brain, bones, liver and lymphatic system. She was originally told that a year of decent quality life was about as much as she could hope for, but she didn't start to become an invalid for roughly two years. She had a great attitude, support system and health care, which I'm sure contributed to more time for us with her.

I hope that whoever you are asking about (I assume you're asking on behalf of someone you care about, or possibly yourself) receives the right kind of support and care, and that their suffering is minimal.
   
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Default 09-01-2009, 01:22 AM

my husband was diagnosed with a 4 stage lung cancer. he was diagnosed in March '05. The doctors said he had 5 years to live. He lived for 9 months and died in November '05
   
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Default 09-02-2009, 01:22 AM

My husband was told when he was diagnosed with lung cancer stage 4 he would only live from 3 to 6 months but he lived for 2 years. It's not a very good answer I know, but you know I don't think anybody really can determine how long a person can beat a cancer or live with a cancer before they are suppose to die, I think it is up to the persons will to live and just how much the body can take of the drugs, treatments, surgeries etc...
   
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