How long can you live with lung cancer

How long can you live with lung cancer? This is the first question that lung cancer patients are concerned about. When it comes to cancer, people often think of death, especially lung cancer, which has a very high mortality rate, which makes patients and their families shudder. So, do you know what factors mainly determine how long a person with lung cancer can live? Let's take a look.

1. Is the lung cancer in the early or late stages?

Clinical research data show that the survival rate of early lung tumors is much higher than that of late lung tumors. In the early stage of lung tumors, the lesions are small and have not spread or metastasized. After surgical resection, the patient's 5-year survival rate can reach 60% to 90%. The 5-year survival rate of patients with late-stage lung tumors is much lower, averaging about 10%, or even lower. Why is this? Because patients with late-stage lung tumors have distant metastasis, surgery cannot remove all cancer cells in the body. After a period of latency, the remaining cancer cells will continue to grow and proliferate, and then "set up camp" in other organs through lymph and blood vessels, and each recurrence is more serious than the previous one.

2. Good attitude

Mentality has a great impact on how long a person with lung cancer can live. When a person is positive, optimistic and confident, it will help the condition to develop in a good direction. If one is afraid every day, afraid of the side effects of chemotherapy, and doubts everything, suspects that the doctor did not prescribe the right medicine, suspects that the quality of the medicine is problematic, etc., it will cause a great psychological burden, lead to drastic changes in the organ functions in the body, and affect the effect of treatment.

3. Good eating and living habits

The occurrence of lung tumors is closely related to diet and lifestyle habits, so how long a patient with lung tumor can live depends on diet and lifestyle habits. If the patient does not pay attention to diet and lifestyle habits after treatment, it is very likely to relapse.

4. Regular physical examination

Experts suggest that regular checkups after treatment are crucial for lung cancer patients. A comprehensive physical examination should be done at least once a year. If there are signs of recurrence, immediate intervention should be made to prevent the consequences from becoming serious.

Finally, many people with lung tumors do not seek formal treatment but rely on superstition. Many people also think that treating cancer is a waste of money and believe in some quack prescriptions they have heard from others. You must know that the drugs have not been clinically verified, and their safety and efficacy cannot be determined. They will also increase the burden on the body's detoxification organs, which will have the opposite effect. Therefore, it is particularly important to seek medical treatment correctly and receive reasonable treatment.