what can be expected from advanced liver, lung and stomach cancer?
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sorry to say it, but painful death is the answer. If that's your fate, please accept my sympathy.
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doesn't sound good.  unfortunately the survival rate for pancreatic cancer is very low especially if it is getting to the liver.
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I work in cancer research, so I know a bit about the statistics.\n\nIt will depend on the stage at diagnosis.  If it's stage I or II, it's possible.  Stage III is unlikely, and stage IV has a very poor prognosis - usually those who are diagnosed at stage IV only have a few months to live.\n\nI hope that this person has had an early diagnosis - cancer is a horrible thing - I wish your friend the best.
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That depends if you are in a smoke-filled bar doing your drinking. Studies have shown an increased risk of liver and/or esophageal cancer in heavy drinkers. Never heard of lung cancer, though.
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Really sorry to hear about your Dad....It depends on the severity of the cancer and the treatments he recieves. \n\nAll the best !!
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The last stage of lung cancer is stage III. It is when the cancer has spread to other organs and lymph tissue and cannot be removed without surgery. It also means that it might be anywhere in the body and not just in the places it is discovered - so you can have surgery and then find that it is other places as well. \n\nI am very sorry if you are researching because someone you know has cancer or you think you might. \n\nQuitting smoking is hard - it is worth it.
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It is a very rare and very aggressive cancer. Most likely end up with a very radical surgery.
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I suspect that you already know the answer to this - it's a mixed result.\n\nNo new tumours is certainly positive,\nAny increase in a tumour size  (her liver) is not great news.\nThe reduction of the tumours in her lungs IS great news.\n\nI guess it depends now on how the ones in her liver react over the coming days.\n\nOf course if the tumours in her lungs were the one which were causing the most concern, then perhaps again this might be a little more posisitve than it seems at first.\n\nThe oncologist (cancer speciaiist) will be able to give FAR more accurate thoughts than any well meaning lay folks like me can give though - if possible please try and speak to one of the people who are treating her, they are QUALIFIED to comment.
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yes and a number of other things\nlike lung cancer\ncheck it out
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Yes. I know long term survivors. And there is always hope. But, much depends on the health of the individual, location of tumors, resection of tumor(s), response to treatment, and . . probably luck.\n\nMy son had advanced stage IV abdominal sarcoma (primary tumor was 19cm). After 20 months he has a few nodules (1 cm) left between the dome of the liver and diaphragm. And, he is doing well.\n\nAnything is possible.
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What kind of cancer did he have to start with?  There are people nowadays living with cancer.  My father's friend Tony is an example.  Tony was diagnosed with 6 months to live, terminal cancer.  He pushed for chemo anyhow and is still here 8 years later and the cancer spread to the colon and pancreas and started in the lung.  He has to be on maintenance chemo every 4 months to control it but he is living with cancer like people live with any illness.  Don't give up hope.  Depending where the cancer is, part of the liver if it's in the left lobe can be removed and he can still function with part of his liver.  He could also be eligible if push came to shove for a transplant from a relative.
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Terminal means that death is unavoidable. So the cancer is deadly. sorry
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The tumors of lung cancer can grow and replace normal lung tissue which can greatly affect a person's ability to breathe normally.  They may tire more quickly, lowering the exercise tolerance.  \n\nIf there is tumor in the lung, it is often a sign that there is tumor elsewhere in the body, since the lungs are at the front and center of the circulatory system, which can spread cancer cells.  Disseminated cancer can cause a person to lose weight feel perpetually weak, in addition to the specific damage it may do to individual organs.
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Signs and Symptoms of Stomach Cancer \n\nUnfortunately, early-stage stomach cancer rarely causes symptoms. This is one of the reasons why stomach cancer is so difficult to detect early. The signs and symptoms of stomach cancer include: \n\nunintended weight loss and lack of appetite \nabdominal pain \nvague discomfort in the abdomen, usually above the navel \na sense of fullness in the upper abdomen, just below the chest bone after eating a small meal. \nheartburn, indigestion, or ulcer-type symptoms \nnausea \nvomiting, with or without blood \nswelling of the abdomen due to accumulation of fluid and cancer cells. \nSome of these symptoms can occur with non-cancerous conditions, such as a stomach virus, or with other types of cancer. However, people who have any of these problems that persist should check with their doctor for an appropriate evaluation and diagnosis.. \n\nSince symptoms of stomach cancer often do not appear until the disease is advanced, only about 10% to 20% of stomach cancers in the United States are found in the early stages, before they have spread to other areas of the body. \n\nNo doubt with these illustrations above it could be masked by antacids.\n               TESTS FOR STOMACH CANCER \n\nEndoscopy is the main procedure used to diagnose stomach cancer when people have certain risk factors for gastric cancer or when signs and symptoms of this disease are present. \n\nEndoscopy Procedures \n\nUpper endoscopy: While you are sedated (made sleepy), a doctor puts a thin, flexible, lighted tube called an endoscope down your throat. This instrument allows the doctor to view the lining of your esophagus, stomach, and first part of the small intestine. If abnormalities are noted, biopsies (tissue samples) can be taken. Small (less than 1/8 inch) tissue samples can be removed using instruments operated through the endoscope. The tissue samples are examined under a microscope to see if cancer is present and, if so, what type of cancer. Because you are sedated, this test is not uncomfortable. \n\nWhen viewed through an endoscope, stomach cancer can appear as an ulcer, a mushroom-shaped or protruding mass, or a flat, thickened area of mucosa known as linitis plastica. Linitis plastica is more difficult to recognize in its earliest stages, and only a biopsy of a suspicious area will produce an accurate diagnosis. \n\nImaging Studies \n\nBarium upper gastrointestinal radiographs: For this test, people drink a barium-containing solution that coats the lining of the esophagus, stomach, and first portion of the small intestine (called the upper GI). The radiologist then takes multiple x-ray pictures. Because x-rays can’t pass through the coating of barium, this will outline any abnormalities of the lining of these organs. To identify early stomach cancer, a "double contrast" technique is commonly used. The patient swallows a thin tube and air is pumped into the stomach after the barium solution. This makes the barium coating very thin, so even small abnormalities will show up. \n\nEndoscopic ultrasound: Ultrasonography uses sound waves to produce images of internal organs. A transducer emits sound waves and detects the echoes bounced off internal organs. The pattern of echoes is processed by a computer to produce images. \n\nUltrasound can also be done with a probe placed into the stomach through the mouth or nose. This is called endoscopic ultrasound. It is used to estimate how far cancer has spread into the wall of the stomach, to nearby tissues, and to nearby lymph nodes. \n\nComputed tomography (CT): The CT scan is an x-ray procedure that produces detailed cross-sectional images of your body. Instead of taking one picture, like a conventional x-ray, a CT scanner takes many pictures as it rotates around you. A computer then combines these pictures into an image of a slice of your body. The machine takes pictures of multiple slices of the part of your body being studied. \n\nCT scans show the stomach fair
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-Limit alcohol consumption\n-Avoid potential exposure to the hepatitis virus (if you think you may have one, you should get tested as they can be undetected in the body and show no symptoms; you can also get a vaccine against hepatitis B)\n-healthy diet\n-exercise\n-if you work around chemicals linked to liver cancer, follow safety guidelines to avoid unnecessary contact\n-before taking iron supplements, ask a doctor if you really need them\n-don't use anabolic steroids unless they're medically necessary\n-maintain a normal weight (obesity is a big risk factor in getting what is called fatty liver disease)\n-ask your doctor about any medications and herbal drugs you're taking... some herbs that are dangerous to your liver could be kava, comfrey, germander, borage, and chaparral\n\nNote: I've also heard that taking Milk Thistle is very good for the liver. You can buy capsules at a vitamin store or probably even just the supermarket. Look into it!
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check out\n\nwww.americancancersociety.org
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For Primar liver cancer the percentage of servival is very few. Whereas for the secondary liver cancer liver the chances are more..