Hello,
My mother is 46, was diagnosed with stage 3b nsclc, and now they believe that it has spread to the neck and god forbid the brain. She started round 2 of chemo on monday and the side effects are kicking her butt, so she has decided to not go on with treatment any longer. I don't want to believe what the doctor has told me about how long she will be here, but they said 9 to 15 months WITHOUT treatment. Do you agree with them or should we go for a second opinion? Thanks
My father is 66 years old and is suffereing from CA lungs, 3B stage. He finished 6 cycles on chemo. However is suffering from acute pnemonia which is not going...He also had a stroke after 3 cycle and has a 90 % blood clot near the neck for which he is taking ecosprin. Now he has sever cough and blood stains in the spetum. When a CT scan was done it was noticed that the tumour has increased, Doctors suggest another 6 cycles of chemo. He is very weak and we are not sure what to do..Do we go for the chemo or any other way to go about it????
I am 37 and have stage 3b lung cancer found out 3 weeks ago, i am still awaiting to be fitted in to a mold, that is for when radaition starts im in the same position everytime. I also will be doing radiation and chemo at the same time. I have never seen more doctors in my life. I am also curiouse about how long I have. What put me in stage 3b was its on my lymtph nodes now, But it only so far confined on the right lung. I do feel some chest pain and is some what worried. The fact that I have cancer really has not taken a toll on me because I want to be this. Maybe I dont know how to handle this. I have good days and bad days and did not even start treatment yet. This *****
My mom has been diagnosed with Stage 3b/4 nsclc and will begin radiation and chemo immediately. She also has pleural effusion and the doctors are taking out the chest tube and inserting a catheter. I am hopeful to shrink the cancer enough to get her airways unblocked and she can leave the hospital. I keep getting the feeling the doctors don't want to tell me how bad this is. I myself am preparing for the worse, but i would like to know what your opinion is. Thanks,
Hi,
The estimates of survival are based on patient populations - this would include patients with varying outcomes - so applying them to the individual patient is difficult.
In general, those who are stage 3 have a 1 year survival rate of around 50%, the stage 4 is around 20%. Conservatively, the chances would be around those figures.
The presence of the fluid makes the estimate lean closer to a stage 4 grouping, rather than if it was absent.
Cancer does make patients thinner. However, being overweight or obese does not improve survival. Theoretically, it is lean mass that counts, not fat.