My mother in law has just found out she has lung cancer and a tumor in her lung. She will be getting surgery to remove the tumor tomorrow. What are the chances of everything being okay? Will she have to take radiation or chemotherapy afterwards? I would like to get input from anyone that has gone thru this experience. She is very scared and was a smoker for 22 years. Any information is more than welcome.
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it depends on what stage the cancer is in. her doctor should have told her all this already and gone over her options with her. cancer isn't just one lump thing thing the same treatment for everyone.
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that stinks.......... smoking is bad
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if caught in early stages, her chances are very good. otherwise, six months at best. sorry.
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The sad thing about lung cancer is that it is usually caught too late in most people. If it's in stage 1 or 2, she'll have good fighting chance. Stage 3, maybe. Stage 4, eight out of 10 people don't live a year after diagnosis. I am sorry for the bleak outlook. My father died of lung cancer about 2 and a half years ago. He was stage four when he was diagnosed. Lung cancer was a reality me and my family had to live with. I am sorry to hear about your mother-in-law and I pray that she will recover!
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I'm very sorry. Lung cancer has one of the lowest survival rates. That doesn't mean there's no hope, but you have to be realistic. Forecasting the Course of Disease: Lung Cancer Prognosis Overall, fewer than 10% of people with primary lung cancer are alive 5 years after diagnosis. But 5-year survival rates may be as high as 35 to 40% among patients who undergo surgical resection for cancer that has not spread beyond the lung. General estimates of stage-specific median survival times—the point at which 50% of patients are still living—are as follows: Stage 1a - more than 60 months (> 5 years) Stage 1b - about 36 months (3 years) Stage 2a - about 24 months (2 years) Stage 2b - about 20 months (< 2 years) Stage 3a - about 15 months (< 1.5 years) Stage 3b - about 12 months (1 year) Stage 4 - about 8 months (< 1 year)
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If she gets treatment fast then she will go into remission it all depends on what stage the cancer is in, but hopefully now she'll put the cigarettes down
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well there are 80% people get fully cured if the cancer detected in early stage. plz visit this site for more info http://cancer-symptoms-and-treatments.blogspot.com/
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wow. im rly sorry to hear about that. smoking is pointless all u do is wate money on a death. but i will tell u it is very rare to live with lung cancer. she might end up living for a couple months or maybe she will still be living at the ago 80 u never know. i lost my g-pa to lung cancer thats y im saying that. but all u can do is pray and hope for the best. ill pray for u and her.
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If the tumor is very small, she may have a better chance. Chemo and radiation will probably be used. Much depends on the size of tumor, my mom had a very small one diagnosed, didn't have surgery, opted for chemo/radiation instead. The doc said surgery generally spreads the cancer, as you cannot contain the cells, and they take a large portion of the lung, not just the tumor, so breathing is very difficult afterwards. Anyway, my mom survived for five years following that diagnosis. She was declared cancer free in Nov 06. July 07, a tumor was found, this time she was given one month to live, she survived 27days, this tumor was much larger and very aggressive. My mom was a very heavy smoker for 60plus years.
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the tumor will be removed safely. yes, she will have to undergo either or both radiation/chemo. treatments. there ARE no "positively" safe/accurate asnwers for this. each individual/ case is different. my ex husband had both a brain and a lung tumor. he was treated in louisville for this. I wish her all the best / tell her to think positive, i did. Barb
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