Wednesday, November 24, 2010

If you have cancer and you get treatment are you 100% likely to survive

If you have cancer and you get treatment are you 100% likely to survive?
So say someone has cancer, is there a chance that they will die, like in the near future? But say, if they get treatment they are garunteed to survive?
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1 :
No, with cancer no treatment can give you any guarantees. Some cancers progress fast, other slowly, some enter in remission on their own while others kill regardless of the amount of care and treatment the patient receives.
2 :
There are many cancers that are survivable with treatment. There are some that are not. Even treatment that does not cure the cancer can prolong life and make the sufferer more comfortable. Those known to have terminal neoplasms should be offered support and counseling.
3 :
No. My 17 year old son was diagnosed with advanced abdominal sarcoma. He was in extensive treatment for over two years and unfortunately ran out of treatment options (chemo stopped working and there were no other known treatments that would work to stop his cancer). He died last year.
4 :
i had cancer. there may be a chance they could die, if they dont catch the cancer early enough or something. if you get treatment, it should help, but theres no guaruntee of no relapse in the future. so basically, you cant get say theres 100% guarantee you'll survive. it really depends
5 :
You are never guaranteed to survive -ever. Cancer can be treated and if you are lucky it will go into remission, but it can always come back, often times in different spots. My Dad died from esophageal cancer, it was in remission for awhile...unfortunately it didn't last. The cancer came back and spread so no, you're never 100% guaranteed to survive.If you have cancer or know someone who does cherish all the time you have or have with that person,because you never know what fate has in store.
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No, probably 99% of people get treatment for cancer, and still over 500,000 people die from cancer in the U.S. each year. Most of them probably got treatment and still died, there is no cure for cancer. Everybody knows someone who's died from cancer, and chances are, they got treatment. I dont know anybody who's been diagnosed with cancer and refused treatment.
7 :
No a person is not guaranteed to survive. Ever heard of terminal cancers? With those cancers you have little to no chance of survival
8 :
There are many different types of cancer, some that are curable and some that are not. Every cancer, treatment and invidivual varies. You are not 100% likely to survive when you are healthy. Thankfully, cancer research is greatly improving the treatments, prognosis and outcomes for many different cancers. I have a blood cancer and although there is no cure for it, I underwent a bone marrow transplant from a matched unrelated donor to completely replace my faulty immune system with a healthy person's. If it works, I can potentially live cancer free even though CLL is considered "treatable but not curable". Sorry, but the question is just too general to adequately answer.
9 :
You have a lot of great people that have given your question good answers. I will throw my two cents in anyway. The longer you are finished with treatments and there is no evidence of cancer in the body the better will be your survival rates. For example my wife was diagnosed with Triple Negative Breast Cancer. When she survives it for five years the odds are pretty good that she will not experience it again. The longer amount of time you survive reduces the risk of the cancer showing up in other parts of the body. And there is always new treatments on the horizon, so if it does return it is possible that there could be more successful ways to fight it in the near future.



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