Apr
MY dad was diagnosed with small cell lung cancer at the end of ferbruary 08 he was paraplegic, but it took doctors about two weeks to find out that he had cancer and by that time cancer had spread to lymph nodes from the lung. the symptoms started with presistent coughing and it got worse but we thought it was just a cold so he was just given some cold cough medication . we went to hospital two weeks since symptoms started begining of february . i cant help but wonder we waited too long, if he had went ot hospital straight away cancer might have been in early stages and could have been cured. He died from chemo side effects on 24th or march. Do you think that the cancer was there longer than that? when he was diagnosed the tumor was about 3-4cm. He also had Pneumonia
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Oof! A tough question. Small cell spreads very quick, the coughing could have been both the cancer and the developing pneumonia. I doubt that a few weeks would have made any difference, you could never have predicted such serious problems were looming. The doctors would have pumped him with antibiotics for the pneumonia but the cancer would have continued anyway. I'm sorry for your loss - don't beat yourself up about something you had no control over.
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There is absolutely no defined time it takes for any cancer to move. Once cells start floating down the lymph ducts, it can be minutes or years before any of them start to grow in lymph nodes.
Even when none of them appear to have started to grow, that is not an indication that they have not lodged there, ready to grow when they can.
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I am sorry to hear about your dad.
It is a sad tale, since nothing can be done now
As for your question,
Small Cell Lung Cancer, is a very fast growing tumor which is commonly diagnosed in advanced condition and in cases of no therapy the median survival time from diagnosis to death is only 6 weeks and one year survival without therapy is 2%
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so sorry about the lose
yes i think the cancer was there for awhile