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What Is The Life Expectancy Of A Lung Cancer Patient?
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my mom has lungs cancer from last 2 years . she was taking oral chemo tab arnitabin for 18 motnhs recently we have given her chemo 2 cycles now again doctor have started oral medicines what will be further course of medicines what will be her life expectancy
my mom has lungs cancer from last 2 years . she was taking oral chemo tab arnitabin for 18 motnhs recently we have given her chemo 2 cycles now again doctor have started oral medicines what will be further course of medicines what will be her life expectancy
Thu, 20 Feb 2014
It depends upon the staging of cancer .if she is at stage 3 then she has 5 yrs life expectancy. And if she is at stage 4 then she will has 2-3 years.
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