life expectancy for elderly lung cancer patient
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> A white female 85 years of age has been diagnosed with an
> agressive case of lung cancer which has already spread
> to the liver. (This person smoked from age 15 to 55, then
> quit 30 years ago.)
> This patient is taking treatment which includes chemotherapy.
> What is the probability that this patient will be alive in
> a year, or 3 years, or 5 years?
Unfortunately, lung cancer that has metastasized to the liver
is essentially incurable. I doubt there is adequate data to
quote exact survival rates for an 85-year-old, but to get closer
to expected survival rates, it would be important to know whether
this is small cell or non-small-cell lung cancer.
To get general data, though, I would suggest looking on the web
at www.nci.nih.gov.
--
David Rind
