Wednesday, June 4, 2008

What are the survival rates of small cell lung cancer

What are the survival rates of small cell lung cancer?
My grandmother was just diagnosed and it has spread to her liver and her adrenal glands. Is this considered stage 4?
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I'm sorry, but her chances are very slim. My grandmother had the same thing and died within three months of diagnosis. Once it spreads to various parts of the body your chances decrease.... alot. I'm so sorry.
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First off, I'm sorry to hear about your grandmother. Well, when it comes to small cell lung cancer, staging is a little different, its either limited stage or extensive stage, ie, just in the lungs, or has spread elsewhere. So, from what you said, she has extensive stage small cell, and the survival rate is probably around 1%. She would have to discuss her options with her oncologist, but with cancers with such a low survival rate, her best chance may be medications that are in clinical trials, though that would have to be a decision she would have to make, as some people dont want to be "guinea pigs" per say.
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http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=survival+rate+of+small+cell+lung+cancer&hl=en&um=1&ie=UTF-8&oi=scholart. good luck and god bless
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i just wanted to say i'm sorry to hear about your grandmother, but am glad i have found your question. my partner has just been digonosed with advanced small cell lung cancer and to be honest although his case is not curable, i was wondering how much time we would have left together, i know this isn't helping you really. i just wanted to say how sorry i am to her about your grandmother and also to thank you for posting your question. best wishes to you and your family.

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