Suggest Chances Of Survival With Small-cell Lung Cancer In Elderly
My 86 year old mother has been in GREAT health all of her life. Until about 3 months ago she was having what she thought was "sinus trouble" we took her to a lung specialist, they found out that it was not sinus trouble, it was small cell lung cancer. she then fell and ruptured a disk in her back. so that put the chemo off until last night. (2/16/2011) she fell and ruptured her disk on the 28th of January. and was diagnosed with small-cell lung cancer on the 26th on January. how long do you think her life is with "heavy-doses" of chemotherapy? and how long if she decides to stop the chemo. she has been a smoker since she was 16, and also has COPD and is on 15 liters of O2. I just do not want to see her to suffer. She has been in to good of health.
Small cell lung cancer is a very aggressive cancer. Average survival time with palliative chemotherapy varies from 3 to 6 months. Aim of treatment at this stage is palliative chemotherapy with basic supportive care to improve quality of life.
Regards Dr De
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Suggest Chances Of Survival With Small-cell Lung Cancer In Elderly
Hi Small cell lung cancer is a very aggressive cancer. Average survival time with palliative chemotherapy varies from 3 to 6 months. Aim of treatment at this stage is palliative chemotherapy with basic supportive care to improve quality of life. Regards Dr De