Saturday, July 28, 2012

What is the prognosis for stage 3b non small cell lung cancer

What is the prognosis for stage 3b non small cell lung cancer?

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Try Googling 'survival rates stage 3b non small cell lung cancer'.
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Stage III-B Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer has a five year survival rate of approximately 10% according to the American Cancer Society. http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_4_3x_How_Is_Non-Small_Cell_Lung_Cancer_Staged.asp?sitearea= The numbers are based on people diagnosed between 1998 and 2001, and the numbers may have improved somewhat since then. But the prognosis is generally fairly bleak for this stage of cancer. A few links where you can learn more about this kind of cancer: http://www.cancer.gov/cancertopics/pdq/treatment/small-cell-lung/patient http://www.cancer.org/docroot/CRI/content/CRI_2_2_1x_What_Is_Non-small_Cell_Lung_Cancer.asp?rnav=cri http://www.emedicinehealth.com/non-small-cell_lung_cancer/article_em.htm
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Unfortunately not good. When my mom told me she had lung cancer, stage 4 I think, I asked her what the doctor said about prognosis. She never told me, and said doctors don't talk about that, they focus on curing you. When I read about it, it said most patients don't last past 5 years, and I couldn't believe that, especially since there were times where the tumor was nearly gone and she was doing good for awhile. The chemo, radiation helped her for a little while, the drugs did nothing, and she passed away 2 1/2 years after she was diagnosed.

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Tuesday, July 24, 2012

Is it possible that I have lung cancer

Is it possible that I have lung cancer?
I've been coughing up blood, I weez a lot, its hard for me to breath, and I have been getting chest pains everyday. I am only 17 years old but I have been around smokers my whole life and have now been smoking for 3 years at least a pack a day.
Cancer - 5 Answers
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sorry but u probabbly have lung cancer or something other type of cancer i am not sure u cough blood though but u should see a doctor
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You do have some of the Symptoms of lung Cancer you should get it checked and treated immediately.
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At 17, the odds are basically zero. These people above me a idiots trying to scare you. But you still should quit. You are going to look like a wrinkled hag by the time you are 30.
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n o you just need to lay off the somking for a week! go get a hubblybubbly to clean out ur lungs!
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Sounds like something serious is going on Go see doctor for chest ex ray to see if there is damage to lungs But i do not think that lung cancer is present you are too young

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Friday, July 20, 2012

how does lung cancer prevent some one from maintaining homeostasis

how does lung cancer prevent some one from maintaining homeostasis?
how does lung cancer prevent some one from maintaining homeostasis
Cancer - 2 Answers
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cancer is weird, it acts in alot of different ways, thats the problem in answering your question, there are multiple ways cancer can effect someone. Youd have to know how the cancer is acting in order to predict how it would prevent you from doing that, it could even go so far as to penetrate the blood-brain barrier get into your hypothalamus and complete cut homeostasis out
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Tumors often produce hormones, mainly to encourage their own cancer cells to divide, but often due to gene amplification resulting in large amounts of a hormone being made. These can increase metabolism causing weight-loss and also have various endocrine affects. More so this would be the case when lung cancer is due to a lung Adenoma which is a cancer of glandular tissue. The tumor also diverts blood supply and nutrients to its own high metabolic tumor cells (no wonder lung cancer patients loose weight!). Metastatic tumors arising from the lung cancer can affect the function of other organs and how they work, spread to bones could affect the bone marrow and heamopoiesis (blood cell formation and differentiation). Spread to brain could cause brain disorders and psychological problems, arising from neurological problems and these may affect homeostasis, blood pressure etc.

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