Q&A: how many people survive lung cancer?
Question by juliad2004: how many people survive lung cancer?
My sister has been told that she may have lung cancer. My parents and other people we know have had lung cancer and underwent chemotherapy..and still died. she is thinking about not having chemo because she will die anyways..and going through chemo is so hard on a person. Anyone have any encouraging statistics on surviving?
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Answer by jerseygirl421
Tell her she has got to give it a try..everyday they are are discovering new medications to prolong life..she may feel the sickness from chemo during treatment, but extending her life as much as 2 years will well be worth it, if and when it gets to be too much, then it will be her decision to stop. I lost my mom on Dec31 to cancer, if she had opted not to undergo chemo we would have lost her a year ago. Time with your loved ones is so important, and please tell her to fight it with all she has. There are all sorts of alternative meds available also which claim to be all natural..carefully look into them. God bless you and your family and I wish you all the best during this horrible battle.
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My heart goes out to you and your sister. People DO survive lung cancer. Taking chemo is a tough decision to make, it can destroy the quality time you may have left IF hers is NOT in a curable stage. Most doctors WILL give honest answers IF the patients ASK: Is my cancer curable? What are my chances of surviving with surgery only? What are my chances of surviving WITH and WITHOUT chemo? Or WITH and WITHOUT radiation?
She might need you to go with her to ask these questions, (I encourage you to WRITE DOWN your questions, and let the doctor SEE you have a list of questions…) for the support, and so you can reaffirm what she was told. An amazing number of people are unable to clearly remember and process the info they are given when the disease is life-threatening. If you were with her, and later she can’t quite recall the information, you could gentley help her work through the answers.
Encourage her to get second opinions if she feels she needs more information. Not EVERY form of cancer, not EVERY patient is good candidate for chemo. Chemo can often cause more life ravaging consequences than the cancer itself. I can understand her hesitancy in NOT jumping into chemotherapy. Please do not let anyone make her feel like a “quitter” or guilty for NOT choosing chemo IF HERS IS not curable. Perhaps she will choose to focus her fight on maintaining her dignity, independence, and quality of life as long as she is able to- IF HERS IS NOT IN A CURABLE STAGE.
Sometimes radiation and other cancer treatments are given as a palliative measure, meaning it will not CURE the cancer, but hopefully if can keep the tumors from causing decreasing function of of organs in the chest, or from causing increased pain.
If it IS treatable, and if it IS a stage of cancer that will repond to surgery, chemo, and radiation, etc, it may make it easier for her to bear the treatments if she knows she DOES have a chance to survive. She has a right to that information about her own particular stage of cancer before she makes the choice. Take care, I wish you both well.