family member been diagnosed with stage 4 lung cancer that has spread they have said without treatment life expectancy is 2-3 months however they are going to start immunotherpy with chemo in the next 2 weeks and said life expectancy with this is 2-5 years is this correct
Hi I’m so sorry for your news it is the scariest thing ever. It’s hard to put time limits on this as depend on how they react to treatment but I was diagnosed same and after 3 chemos and a week of radiotherapy the results have been totally amazing. Must stay positive is my first and foremost thing to get across it really does make a massive difference. Don’t give up. Thoughts and positive thoughts to you all. Be strong.
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