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My gran is 70, has lung and liver metastases from squamos oesphageal cancer what would you say is the avarage life expectency with chemo and without?

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Fairly good treatmen: Cancer of the esophagus in a 70 year old should be treated with Chemotherapy. It can benefit about 50% of the treated folks. But the survival is short...most patients live 1 to 2 years with the treatment if it works well. Without treatment, the survival is no more than a few months (estimated at 4-6 months).

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Answered 3/12/2020

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