Question 1

what does it mean if oxygen saturation level is low in a lung cancer patient?

Accepted Answer

It depends on the de: It means there is less than normal oxygen level in the blood. If the lungs are diseased, oxygen transfer from the breathed air to the blood is impaired. Normally o2 saturation is between 95% to 100%. Anything lower than 90% saturation requires oxygen supplementation.

Question 2

how long can a lung cancer patient live for?

Accepted Answer

Briefly: Develop pneumonia, pain, cough, bleeding, 
metastasis and serious problems .
Depends on cell type, stage at finding, treatment options.

Question 3

can you tell me which are the particles that a lung cancer patient emmit when he/she coughs or exhale?

Accepted Answer

Mucous and blood: You can have pieces of a lung cancer coughed up if it involves the airway, but usually it is mucous and blood. Even if tumor is present, you cannot pass cancer to someone else.

Question 4

can a lung cancer patient still jog or run?

Accepted Answer

Yes, absolutely: Lung cancer patient can still jog or run. Yes, absolutely.  Just use your common sense.  If you feel well , not feeling tired- absoultely you can jog or run.  You need to listen to your body.  Get some rest if you must. Dont exert yourself too much. I always encourage everybody to keep active as much as possible.

Question 5

what would the life expectancy of a stage 4 lung cancer patient be?

Accepted Answer

Stage 4 lung ca: Unfortunately many patients with lung cancer are diagnosed with "late stage" disease - either 3 or 4 - meaning it has spread outside the lungs.   Fewer than 2% of stage 4 patients live 5 yrs.  In fact, most with stage 4 will survive less than a year.   At this stage,  some patients elect to have chemo +/- radiation,  but a lot of patients also elect palliative (comfort only) therapies.

Question 6

how long can a stage 4 lung cancer patient survive?

Accepted Answer

Poor prognosis: Unfortunately  stage IV lung cancer has poor prognosis over all survival rate of less than 10%  most  of them survive  less than 13 months.

Question 7

what kind of food is good for high protein for small cell cancer patient taking kemo has small cell lung cancer just diagonsed smokes?

Accepted Answer

Eat: The important point is that you eat. The type of food is not material. If mcdonalds is what you want, eat. You do need to stop smoking.

Question 8

is coffee bad for lung cancer patient?

Accepted Answer

No: There is no evidence that coffee is bad for lung cancer patients. However, please bear in mind that coffee is a natural diuretic (make people urinate more often). If you have advanced disease and side effects from treatments, drinking a lot of coffee may lead to frequent urination and loss of water and dehyration and it may worsen tiredness, fatigue and poor energy. It may also affect your sleep.

Question 9

what is life expectancy of lung cancer patient ?

Accepted Answer

Lung cancer: There are many factors involved, such as the stage of cancer, wether it is treatable with surgery or chemotherapy, the condition of the patient, age of the patient.

Question 10

how long should a stage four lung cancer patient with metastasis to brain and liver expect to live?

Accepted Answer

Less than 1 year: There are a number of variables here, including what kind of lung cancer, gender, whether there is a single or small number of metastasis in the brain that can be treated by surgery or stereotactic radiosurgery, general health status and age.  The average survival overall is about 8 months for stage 4 disease.

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