Cancer Discussions, Cancer Treatment Options Forum - December 1st, 2009 - 4 Comments

Mrs John Edwards has stage 4 cancer. Can she live ten years with this cancer? I hope we find a cure.?

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Mel on December 1, 2009 7:04 am

it is highly unlikely but the true answer to this question is that it depends where the cancer is. Different areas of the body have different life expectancies. it would also depend on the type of treatment she was having.

Love Mel.X
april on December 1, 2009 7:04 am

She has stage 4 metastatic idc breast cancer that’s in her bones. She’s undergone more treatment and the mets are very small spots so far. She was diagnosed with idc bc in 2004. Mets in 2007. She’s doing very well, even now.
BSherman on December 1, 2009 7:04 am

Chemotherapy and radiation treatments may slow or temporarily stop the advance of metastasized cancer. In some rare cases the patients have gone into permanent remission.

It is impossible to predict how long any individual has to live. When looking at a large population of stage 4 cancer patients, certain statistics are available. As you undoubtedly know, stage 4 patients generally do not have a favorable long term prognosis. However, the variation in actual lifespans is very large . . . some will go on to die of old age.
Denisedds on December 1, 2009 7:04 am

Many stage 4 breast cancer patients live 10-15 years with the disease, so it is possible. It is somewhat concerning that mets occurred so soon, as she should still be on hormone therapy, if her cancer was receptor positive. These type of breast cancers have a better prognosis.