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what would the life expectancy of a 21 year old diagnosed with polycythemia vera be?

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PV&life expectancy: Life expectancy of patients with polycythemia vera (especially if younger than 50 years) was reduced compared with the general population. It is very important to follow up with your hematologist and keep your hematocrit to less than 45% to reduce risk for thrombosis/clotting. Best of luck.

Question 2

life expectancy in 18 year old male diagnosed with polycythemia vera being tested with phlebotomy?

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Good: Polycythemia vera patients have an excellent chance of living out a normal life span if properly monitored and treated.  Good luck.

Question 3

what is the survival rate for a 67 year old having a tripple by pass?

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Unpredictable: If you are following post operative rehab protocol-
diet,exercise,stress reduction &amp; medications survival rate will be long.But depends upon your surgery,status of your heart &amp; other organs.
Your cardiologist who is following you will be able to assess you better &amp; predict.

Question 4

what is the survival rate for a 75 year old patient with leukemia?

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ASK ONCOLOGIST: ASK THE CANCER DOCTOR (ONCOLOGIST). THE CANCER TYPE, STAGE, CURRENT FUNCTIONAL STATUS OF A SENIOR CITIZEN, OTHER MEDICAL PROBLEMS WILL HAVE TO BE CONSIDERED BEFORE DISCUSSING THIS QUESTION.

Question 5

my 78 year old father has been diagnosed with myelodysplasia. how is treated and what is the survival rate?

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Unfortunately poor: If the diagnosis is correct, as this was previously called a pre-leukemia, it has a rather poor prognosis in the older people, a survival rate of 30-50% in 3 years.  You must be under a hematologist's care and he will determine course of therapy and based on blood counts he can give you a better survival rate.

Question 6

what is the survival rate of 75 year old women undergoing heart valve operations?

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Depends: It depends on the procedure and the overall health of the patient. Smoking, diabetes, obesity can all lead to higher complication rates.

Question 7

what is the survival rate of a 77 year old woman undergoing a heart valve operation?

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97%: Depends on what type of heart operation & other factors such as diabetes, kidney disease, prior stroke.

Question 8

i am 48 year old female with bolus lung disease .the bolus is huge, and i am seeing a surgent this week what can i expect if i have surgery? what is the survival rate ?or is my best option to just live healthy with exercise and diet

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Bullous : Bullous lung disease is a result of emphysema of the lungs. Emphysema destroys the small air sacs that are at the very end of the airways. As they get destroyed, they coalesce and form larger air sacs that do not function well. In some people with emphysema, these large aggregations lead to very large pockets of air called blebs or bullae. Unfortunately, these bullae can get so large, they can trap air and put pressure on the relatively normal lung tissue impairing the ability for the relatively normal lung tissue to function. Sometimes surgical removal of the bullae relieves pressure on the normal lung tissue allowing it to function better and get oxygen into the body and carbon dioxide out of the body. The surgeon will determine whether lung reduction surgery is needed and is safe.

Question 9

34 year old male patient with permanent afib, chf, defibrillater inplant, morbidly obese what would yu say his survival rate is?

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Morbidly obese: Not sure I can give a survival rate but we can talk about what may prolong your life and potentially resolve some of these issues -- weight loss surgery.  Have you considered your options when it comes to bariatric/weight loss surgery?

Question 10

what is the survival rate of a 73  year old who is done of  chemotherapy for 7 days and he is going to have a bone marrow transplant?

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Need more informatio: We need to know the  Diagnosis(what condition does this patient have? Is it multiple multiple Myeloma or some other blood disorder. Further there are 2 different types of Bone marrow Transplants(BMT): Autologous and Allogeneic....which one is he going to have? Survival is dependent on the diagnosis as well as on the type of BMT.

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