I want to know... my dad is about to go through this.....
Cancer - 5 Answers
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It depends on the tumor. If it is a small one then the chances are very good. And if they are operating then it must not be that bad.
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look don't listen to statistics listen to your doctor he knows how healthy you are the charts don't tell him if he doesn't know to ask the doctor if your that worried
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depends , but is you want it to be even more of a success , you should look up low dose naltrexone and learn all you can about it ! it is saving lives everyday and it is non toxic , and very inexpensive , people are beating late stage cancers with it alone . and along with other therapies. look it up on yahoo , and yahoo groups , its safe , non toxic , it is an prescription being prescribed worldwide , it works , please learn about it , you may just save a life
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Surgery is common type of treatment for precancerous stage & early stage of cancer (stage 1-2). About the success rate, it depends on many factors. The doctor would be the one who can assess the success rate because he knows your dad condition very well. Surgery doesn't guarantee lifetime remission of cancer. Many survivor need to change their way of life by eating healthy food, be positive and avoid stress in their life. It's also important to eat herbs and multivitamins to boost your dad's immune system. Maybe you would like to know more about Typhonium Plus - herbs for cancer. Please browse www.cancerhelps.com Hope the surgery is successful.
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Sorry to hear about your dad. Lung cancer surgery success is determined by the stage of the cancer at the time of surgery. First off, surgery is usually only reserved for NON-small cell lung carcinoma. If it is stage I (has not metastasized to any lymph nodes) then the five year survival rate is around 67%. That may sound pretty bad but you have to take into account that this includes death from all causes in that population (heart disease, stroke, accidents, etc). The actual disease-specific (ie. dying of the original lung cancer) mortality is much better. Stage II disease (involving only the closest lymph nodes to the tumor) is also treated surgically but usually chemotherapy with or without radiation therapy after surgery is highly recommended to treat any residual tumor. The five-year mortality with stage II drops off to around 48%. Stage III and IV are generally treated only with chemotherapy/radiation and respective five year mortality is 35% for stage III and 5% for stage IV disease. The other thing to remember is that the risk factors that created the first cancer (cigarette smoking, etc) do not completely go away and can cause more cancers down the road. Surveillance after surgery is very important to detect these. If he is still smoking then, for the love of God he must stop now. My staistics may be slightly off but can be easily found via web search and on sites such as the american lung association, NIH,NCI and NCCP sites. I wish him the very best of luck and a speedy recovery
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