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Q: cervical cancer life expectancy ?

asked by: whisperer on July 2nd, 2009

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If I were to have cervical cancer and it was to late for the doctors to do anything, about how long would I have to live?

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Dr. Robert Wascher , MD

replied on July 4th, 2009

It is impossible to say how long any individual person will live with any type of cancer. In general, however, the more advanced the stage of cancer at the time of diagnosis, the less time one would have to live.

If you believe that you (or someone else who is close to you) have cervical cancer, and you (or they) are thinking of avoiding treatment for this cancer, then I strongly urge that you (or they) reconsider their choice not to receive treatment. Dying from an otherwise curable cervical cancer can be a terrible way to die (and is far more painful than the treatment for this disease).

Sincerely/ Robert A. Wascher, MD, FACS

http://doctorwascher.com

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