Liver cancer spread to bones - only 34% survival for 2 years with treatment, is it worth having?

Recently diagnosed with this terminal cancer. Even with treatment there is only 34% survival of two years.

The chemo sounds awful and I'm wondering if it is worth having it . Has anyone else had this? 

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  • Hello Stacyboo,

    l would address you as an individual person, not a statistic, so why would you use one as a reasoning base for deciding your future as Davek has pointed out.

    Surely its about you,not about others, a very personal and almost selfish decision and the hardest any of us have to make. l, or no one else can tell you which way forward you should choose.

    Neither could they say how well you would tolerate any treatment or any outcome

    The only thing l could tell you is that those whose treatment failed would have swopped in a heartbeat with those whose treatment suceeded.

    The answer you seek is deep within yourself, so give yourself enough clarity of thought to seek it out

    l wish you well in your quest for your personal decision, l know l went through the same process over ten years ago,

    David

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  • Hello Stacyboo,

    l would address you as an individual person, not a statistic, so why would you use one as a reasoning base for deciding your future as Davek has pointed out.

    Surely its about you,not about others, a very personal and almost selfish decision and the hardest any of us have to make. l, or no one else can tell you which way forward you should choose.

    Neither could they say how well you would tolerate any treatment or any outcome

    The only thing l could tell you is that those whose treatment failed would have swopped in a heartbeat with those whose treatment suceeded.

    The answer you seek is deep within yourself, so give yourself enough clarity of thought to seek it out

    l wish you well in your quest for your personal decision, l know l went through the same process over ten years ago,

    David

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