How long would a stage 4 lung cancer patient survive? Especially considering the fact he still smokes cigarettes.
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It depends on a lot of factors including his pre-existing health, age, what other organs the cancer has gone to, etc. In general, the vast majority of people with metastatic lung cancers will die within a year of diagnosis, with most dying within half a year. These are just averages, of course: some will die during the month they're diagnosed, and a very small percent might live two years with aggressive treatment. If this person matters to you, you should definitely prepare for the fact that they will not be around for a very long time.
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Supposidly around 15 months or under. My father in law was told in April 08 that he had Aspestos related lung cancer, he still smoked. In Oct 09 he was told that it had spread from lungs and that he would not make xmas. Mr John Martin age 70 died on Dec 17th 2009.
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hello Joey, my uncle ( 73) ex heavy smoker was diagnosed in october and died at the beginning of august-just over 9 months which I am told is within the 9-12 month average.However, every patient is different. If you know anyone going through this I would highly recommend counselling and help from Cancer support groups like the Macmillan Trust-they are highly trained and offer medical, domestic, transport and psychological help-worth their weight in platinum not gold!!! all the very, very best
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