Question 1

how can  lung cancer usually lead to death?

Accepted Answer

Respiratory: Pneumonia congestion, metastatic effusion and lung compression
bone or brain spread and complications 
clotting and pulmonary emboli.
Weight loss, malnutrition, cachexia, 
are some of the more common ways.

Question 2

i have ipf. i have heard that the death process is much worse w/ ipf than with lung cancer? is this true? if so, in what way? thank you?

Accepted Answer

: Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis is a condition in which the connective tissue around the air sacs of the lung become thicker and stiffer, leading to progressively more difficulty breathing. In some people, this progression goes quickly, in others more slowly. There are medications to slow this progression. Talk to your Pulmonologist about your specific situation and the options available.

Question 3

stage 4 lung cancer how long until death?

Accepted Answer

3-6 months.: 3-6 months. As long as a year is some cases.

Question 4

how much time after lung cancer spreads to the lymph nodes is death expecter?

Accepted Answer

It varies: Occasionally there are still cures with disease in the nodes. With today's treatments, survival is often measured in years. Cherish each day, and be aware of the eventual outcome in your life planning, but don't expect anyone to tell you 'How long'. It's simply not predictable.

Question 5

do smokers get death by heart attacks more often than by lung cancer?

Accepted Answer

Probably: Diseases of the blood vessels and heart are the leading cause of death in the US.  Tobacco use is an important etiologic factor in both.  Use of tobacco kills in many more ways than just lung cancer.  Smokers have more cancers of many other organs, lung disease other than cancer and have more accidents.

Question 6

when a person has lung cancer, are the symptoms before death vomiting blood?

Accepted Answer

No: Although coughing up blood (hemoptysis) can occur at any time with lung cancer it is usually not the leading symptom. Most people lose significant amounts of weight and may pass away from infection, sometimes they become increasingly short of breath or they may just fall asleep and not wake up. The way they pass is not important it is how they pass. It should be relatively pain and anxiety free.

Question 7

stage 111 non small cell lung cancer. had lobectomy, cancer in lymph node an chest wall. what are the symptoms when you get closer to death. ?

Accepted Answer

Wait to Worry: You should not be thinking about death unless your Cancer is growing or spreading(called Metastasis). Most people with growing cancer develop symptoms which will signal that you need to see your doctor for examination. A periodic check up by your doctor can reveal signs of tumor recurrence if there is one. So as long as you get checked periodically or when you have new symptoms, you are doing fine

Question 8

my mother started chemo, for small cell lung cancer stage limited, she is going to have radio as well, should i prepare my self for her death ?

Accepted Answer

SCLC : You should discuss details with her oncologist and highly consider a support group, such as: http://lungcanceralliance.Org.

Question 9

what signs / symptoms will indicate when a person is close to death, so we know. my mother has a stage 4 lung cancer that metastasized to the bones.

Accepted Answer

Several: Worsening breathing
fluid retention
weight loss - cachexia
no appetite
pallor
fatigue
confusion
and more!

Question 10

last few days i have a terrible throat clearing problem with a slight cough and tickle feeling in the chest, but i'm not sick... scared to death it's lung cancer, smoked from 15 to 23 and quit, now 61... and very worried, does this sound serious?

Accepted Answer

: If you are worried about something going on in your lung, you will find it easy to go see your PCP who may order a chest X-ray(although your symptoms are not typical of lung Cancer).
I would be concerned onl if you have increase in your cough over the next 1 month. Otherwise you need not worry.
Drink some cold water to relieve your symptoms of tickle in the throat. This will relieve you cough too.

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