Is "lung cancer" cureable at the age 53 for female patient?

Diagnosis:- AS PER THE DISCHARGE SUMMERY JAN 19 '06

1. CARCINOMA of left breast - Operated (May 2004) Secondaries - Tumor over left upper back and left side of chest - wide excision of TUMOR with SSG done on January 4th, 2006

2. Urinary tract infection - CANDIDIASIS

3. ANAEMIA

History:-

A case of Ca. Left Breast - Mastectomy done in May 24th, 2004 given CT and RT

Taken up for surgery in June 1st, 2004 for removal of regional lymph nodes under field block.

H/o hyperglycemia in 2004. No history of HTN

On Feb 2005, noticed a lump on left upper back - proven Malignancy (in April 2005) with accelerated growth. Notice a lump on left side of chest in June 2005

Given CT since 2005

Planned wide Excision of Tumor with SSG

ON EXAMINATION
Conscious, Oriented, afebrile PR: 78/mt BP: 110/80 mm Hg

Local Examination:
Tumor left upper back, lateral to left scapula 12 x 10cms HARD+ no warmth
Tumor left side of chest 2x2cm
Left Mastectomy scar+

I cannot give you a yes or no answer. Everyone is different. What I can do though is give you a little hope.

My grandmother had lung cancer. She had been smoking for almost 50 years. They removed two-thirds of her left lung. She was 60 at the time. It has been 5 years since then and she has been doing great. The cancer hasn't come back. At first she had her doubts about surgery, but now we are all very thankful she went through with it. She did have radiation after as a precaution.

Do you have anyone you can talk to? Maybe a local support group? It would be quite normal for you to feel depressed and the like. Sometimes talking, even with major matters, is helpful. It is worth a try.

Check out this website:
http://www.acor.org/
It has treatment options, support...It is the "Associon of Cancer Online Resources". You may find it very helpful.

Sorry to hear all this...it must be very hard to bare. But I don't think anyone here is qualified to answer....all the luck in the world,,,Suzanne

I can not say if you will make it or not i don't think anybody on here could but i do want to say this since you asked this question... DO NOT GIVE UP FIGHTING!!! My mom never did she didn't make it but she went down still fighting and i admire her for that. She was and still is my hero!!! She passed away in june 2002 from breast cancer at age 48.But in her case they caught it to late because the doctors were not doing chest X-rays like they were supposed to be doing after she was in remission the first time she fought the battle. Her cancer came back in the small amount of tissue left on her right breast after her mastectomy. They were not checking it properly and it went undiscovered for a good while. basicly long enough for it to spread around her wind pipe killing any hope of RT and into her left lung by the time it was caught. I Hope and Pray you Fight a good battle and win ... My thoughts and prayers will be with you and your family...God Bless