How long does a lung cancer patient have to live without treatment?

Question by Hillary: How long does a lung cancer patient have to live without treatment?
My grandmother was diagnosed with lung cancer, it has grown from the size of a grape to the size of a golf ball in a month. She won’t do any chemo/radiation or surgery, because she wants the time she has left to be good, and the docs said she has a year left. BUT … first, if it’s grown that fast, how can she have a year? And every instance of lung cancer I’ve ever heard of has had the patients die much sooner … like Peter Jennings was given six months and lived like two weeks, and another I read about was given a year and died less than three months later. How long does she have, realistically?

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Answer by Shari
Everyone is different. Depends on the growth and if it spreads. BUT, my Mother had a spot on her lung, took a pill instead of chemo again from years ago, I can’t remember the name, but if you are interested to find out what it is, I can find out and let you know. She took it for 3 months and the spot is gone. And it never made her sick. She has alzhimers and we didn’t want to put her through chemo again. But this worked. However though, the alzhimers is taking it’s toll on her now. But, the cancer is gone. Let me know if you need to know the name to discuss this option with your grandmother. Take care.

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