Sunday, October 28, 2012

What is the risk of dying of lung cancer

What is the risk of dying of lung cancer?
Shes a smoker and shes 42 almost 43.
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1 :
this question doesn't make too much sense... im gunna have to go with dying.
2 :
A lifelong non-smoker has less than half of one percent chance of dieing of lung cancer by the age of 75. A smoker who quits smoking by age 40 has a 6% chance of dieing of lung cancer by age 75. If the smoker keeps smoking until they die or reach age 75, then they have a 16% cumulative risk of dieing of lung cancer. These risks are amazingly big, when one remembers that for the smoker to get lung cancer they also have to survive and not be killed by one of the other common illnesses caused by smoking (e.g. COPD, heart-attack etc).
3 :
There are many factors involved in this determination. If she took birth control pills, her chances are far greater. If she has smoked for a long time, her chances are greater. How much does she smoke, that is important to know. Women have a much greater chance of getting lung cancer if they smoke. If she does get lung cancer and then opts to get chemotherapy, her chances of dying sooner are greater. We know that chemotherapy does NOT cure lung cancer. In actuality, people do not die of cancer, but complications like kidney failure, etc. not the cancer itself. A study done on the Impact of cytotoxic chemotherapy on 5-year survival in American Adults showed that only 2% survived if given chemotherapy. good luck to you
4 :
One Canadian study from the 1990's suggested that the risk for a woman who continues to smoke for many decades is approximately one chance in nine of developing a lung carcinoma. But that also suggests eight chances out of nine that she will not develop lung cancer. The risk for a non smoker was found to be one in 77. Most people who develop lung cancers die from them.

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