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My friend was diagnosed in march with stage 4 inoperable lung cancer.6 tounds of aggressive chemo shrunk lung tumor but now in both adrenals.prognosis?

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Metastatic disease: Anytime cancer spread from the lung to other organs, the patient has a limited life expectancy. How long he or she can survive depends on multiple factors. The degree of weight loss is the leading indicator.

Answered 9/14/2013

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Dr. Bruce J. Stringer answered

Specializes in Radiology

Very Poor: Sad to say, your friends prognosis is grave. He probably has months left. Very sorry.

Answered 9/14/2013

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Hard to say: Lung cancer often spreads to the adrenal glands, but adrenal tumors are often benign. The best predictor of how well your friend will do is how quickly the tumor is growing. If he truly had nothing there in march and now, despite chemotherapy, has large adrenal tumors growing that is not a good sign. If, however, your frined has had adrenal tumors all along, then the prognosis is much better.

Answered 1/1/2014

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