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My mother has been diagnosed with stage 3a limited small cell lung cancer. she is starting her chemotherapy next week along with radiation after her 2nd round of chemo. she's 71 and has copd also. what do you think her 2-5 yr survival rate is....?

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20-40% at 2 years: There is pretty extensive data on patients with small cell lung cancer (sclc). The vast majority will respond to treatment, and also will recur. Data from the literature quote 20-40 % of limited sclc survive to 2 years and 10-13% to 5 years. Good luck, i hope she is one of those! i assume you are referring to limited stage sclc; stage 3a is used in non-sclc and the numbers are different.

Answered 12/31/2022

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Guarded: Long term prognosis , unfortunately, not good over all 5 % survival, but the response is getting better each day with advances in chemotherapy and follow the advice of oncologist.

Answered 6/26/2020

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