What treatment can improve my stage 4 lung cancer survival?

Question

Hi doctor,

I had a biopsy and a bronchoscopy. The doctors suggest waiting for the biopsy report before any further medication.

What are the chances of survival with a 4th-stage lung tumor?
Is there any specific suggestion for the cure?

Kindly help.

Thank you.

Answer 1

Hi,

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When the patient has been diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer, the survival depends on many factors. There are comorbidities such as diabetes and hypertension, performance status, whether you are able to walk around and do the activities and the extent of metastasis detected on other scans, such as ultrasound abdomen and bone scan.

In general, it is about 30 percent survival at the end of 2 years, but maybe even more than 50 percent if the above factors are positive.

The cure is not possible, but the symptoms can be reduced with chemotherapy after the biopsy report comes. If the biopsy comes back as adenocarcinoma and the EGFR (epidermal growth factor receptor) mutation is positive, then you may be able to avoid chemotherapy and use only a tablet, which will reduce the side effects associated with chemotherapy.

I hope this information helps you.

Feel free to reach out in case of further queries.

Thank you.

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