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What is the prognosis for adenocarcinoma with bone cancer? “
can I trust someone to help. Recently a close friend of mine had breast cancer struck (she had cancer free for five years) was diagnosed with cancer of the lung and the outer bone cancer. The doctors tell her that they will do, a chemotherapy only once a month. There is another treatment (hormonal), try that they want, but they are concerned because she has not finished menopause. Can someone tell me what is the prognosis if you have these two types of cancer?
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#3 written by mlc3k 2 years ago
I dont want to alarm you. But my mother had breast cancer and it spread into her bones after being told 4 years earlier that she was cancer free. After her dignosis in May of 2003, sadly it took intill Dec of 2004 to kill her. She was only 49. They tried everything from chemo to radiation. They even had her on a hormone pill but the cancer had just spread so much. I am really sorry about your friend my heart goes out to her. I would find out what stage she is in. My mother was in stage four so there was really not much they could do. Through the treatments they provided it did prolong her life for a year and half after given a timeline of 6 months. And again I am truly sorry about your friend.
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#4 written by megan.mn 2 years ago
do they know if this cancer is spread from her former breast cancer? it sounds like they think it is because they want to treat it with estrogens. if it is hormone responsive, she has a much better chance. if they don’t respond to hormones, her outlook really isn’t as good. the fact that her previous cancer spread to two other places is not a very good sign.
and don’t worry about the chemo only being one time per month. different kinds are on different schedules.
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http://www.cancer.org
Excellent resource for good (or bad) news without opinion or hype. I wish your friend all the best, make sure she understands there is always hope. Cancer is a horrible word but it’s becoming more of a chronic manageable disease and less of a killer with every day that passes.