Tuesday, September 8, 2009

whats the chances of surviving lung cancer

whats the chances of surviving lung cancer?
ino this girl from the uk that has lung cancer, she is only 17 taday is her birthday :( i want ta know wil she live?? nd what are the chances that she wil die?? shes the love of my life, i dont want ta loose her, need her to live, please if there is any one out there that can help, please get back to me.
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What cell type and stage? Is this a primary cancer?
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Lung cancer has one of the lowest survival outcomes of any cancer because over two-thirds of patients are diagnosed at a late stage when curative treatment is not possible.1 Earlier diagnosis and referral to specialist teams would make a significant difference to survival rates. if it was caught early it can be treated..but if it has been there for a long length of time its not good. i hope she will be ok..i will pray for her. im from ireland too btw.
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it can be treated, but is not usually caught early. Hopefully it wont spread to the brain, which it has a high chance of doing, and at that point, it is pretty much a terminal illness. dod your friend smoke, because that a lot of times will cause lung cancer?
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my grandpa just died 6 days ago from lung cancer so not a very high possibility of living and my gramps had cancer for 7 months then died
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What type of lung cancer? What stage? What treatment is she undergoing? The fact that she's 17 is good. It means that she has a better chance of surviving than a 90 year old with the same type. But i dk her chances of surviving, I'd need more information. I'm sorry to hear about this though :(
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find out what kind of lung cancer it is,is she being treated for it? i found out in oct i have lung cancer,they beleive they found it in time,in jan i had my left lower lobe removed,i will be doing 4 treatments of chemo soon,im 42 yrs old, find out what the doctors are telling her,if they found it early her chances are good, hope every thing goes well,take care,
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You really would need more information before anyone can give you an answer. If it has not metastasized and a low stage...and if she doesn't have very many complications...she is still very young and with treatment has a better chance than say someone over 50. Without more details no one is going to be able to give you a better guess.

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Friday, September 4, 2009

What are the warning signs of lung cancer and what does it feel like

What are the warning signs of lung cancer and what does it feel like?
Please try to be descriptive. Thank you in advance.
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Warning signs associated with lung cancer include persistent cough, shortness of breath, loss of appetite, weight loss, chest pain, coughing up blood and recurrent bronchitis or pneumonia. Because some of these symptoms may not appear until the disease has advanced, early detection of lung cancer sometimes occurs incidentally during screening, diagnostic or routine x-rays and cat scans.
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very short of breath,even while walking across the room.coughing till you are nauseated,kinda like you have pneumonia,major chest pains when u cough
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a bigger warning sign would be umm if you smoke a pack of butts a day
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Symptoms of lung cancer are varied dependent upon where and how wide-spread the tumor is. A person with lung cancer may have the following kinds of symptoms: No symptoms - In up to 25% of people who get lung cancer, the cancer is first discovered on a routine chest x-ray or CT scan as a solitary small mass sometimes called a coin lesion. These patients with small single masses often report no symptoms of lung cancer at the time it is discovered. Symptoms related to the cancer â€“ The growth of the cancer and invasion of lung tissues and surroundings may interfere with breathing, leading to symptoms such as cough, shortness of breath, wheezing, chest pain, and coughing up blood (hemoptysis). If the cancer has invaded nerves, for example, it may cause shoulder pain that travels down the outside of the arm (called Pancoastâ€™s Syndrome) or paralysis of the vocal cords leading to hoarseness. Invasion of the esophagus may lead to difficulty swallowing (dysphagia). If a large airway is obstructed, collapse of a portion of the lung may occur and cause infections (abscesses, pneumonia) in the obstructed area
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It can get hard to breathe ,cough, shortness of breath, loss of appetite, weight loss, chest pain, coughing up blood and recurrent bronchitis ,pneumonia,very hard to walk a tiny distances.Id check with a doctor.

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Tuesday, September 1, 2009

How did you get well from lung cancer without chemotherapy and radiation

How did you get well from lung cancer without chemotherapy and radiation?

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If you are diagnosed with lung cancer through a MRI, chest x-ray, a qualified Physician, and a biopsy and were told that Chemo was your best chance of surviving....I would listen to the Doctor.
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Have you been told you cannot have chemotherapy or radiotherapy because of risks? If not I hope you will have the chemotherapy. It is most unpleasant but most necessary.
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Most lung cancers that can be cured are cured with surgery - resection of the primary tumor mass if that can be accomplished. This may cure some people with non-small cell lung cancers. If this is a small cell lung cancer, chemotherapy and radiation is the only chance. If anyone with a lung cancer diagnosis is cured without surgery, chemotherapy and/or radiation - - the diagnosis of lung cancer must have been wrong.

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