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Lung cancer how long before symptoms show? |
my dad was diagnosed with small cell lung cancer end of feb 08. symptoms started begining of february. he was paraplegic and ex smoker gave up 4 years ago. he also had heart attack end of august 07. some say that cancer is dormant before it forms a tumor and my question is do you think cancer was there before the heart attack or did heart attack change something for the cancer to start. Small cell lung cancer is very aggressive and grows quickly. I don't know of any cancer that lays dormant, but some cancers are very slow growing. Cancer can develop years before symptoms are discovered but in the case of small cell its not likely. As far as the heart attack goes, its difficult to say but I am sure they would have done xrays and scans when he had the heart problem, if the cancer was there at that time, they likely would have seen it. You can have lung cancer for years and years and not know as by the time the symptoms start its malignant. It wouldn't have been dormant but it could have been benign and then become more agressive as it grew. The heart attack wouldn't have encouraged the cancer. As its just when the coronary artery becomces obstructed and the heart gets starved of oxygen causeing it to become damaged or parts of it to die. Lung cancer can be both slow growing and fast growing. He can ask the pathologist since most tumors have a specific growth range. Many people have no indication of lung cancer until it actually impairs their breathing, which is often quite advanced. That is why treatment isn't always that successful. So sorry that he is sick! My Dad is currently quite ill as well. It's tough because he just can't do what he wants to do. feb of 07 i had spots on my lung,i also had breast cancer,in dec on my next ct scan the spots had grown in to a tumour,i had no symptons and the tumour is not connected to the breast cancer,i think it was there before the heartattack hun *Smoking here is a research group with a message board someone there might know http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/ wen you keep farting and sharting. |
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