To maintain weight, the chart below shows you your daily calorie limit. It's based on your age, activity level, and the BMI (body-mass index) of 21.5 for women and 22.5 for men. To lose weight -- about 1 pound a week -- reduce total calories in the chart by 500 a day.
With current treatments, patients with lower-risk types of some MDS can live for 5 years or even longer. Patients with higher-risk MDS that becomes acute myeloid leukemia (AML) are likely to have a shorter life span. About 30 out of 100 MDS patients will develop AML. PNH. Many people with PNH live for decades.
If you do not want to read about survival rates for small cell lung cancer, stop reading here and skip to the next section. The 5-year survival rate refers to the percentage of patients who live at least 5 years after their cancer is diagnosed.Of course, many of these people live longer than 5 years.To get 5-year survival rates, doctors look at people who were treated at least 5 years ago. Improvements in treatment since then may result in a more favorable outlook for people now being diagnosed with small cell lung cancer (SCLC).f course, many of these people live longer than 5 years. To get 5-year survival rates, doctors look at people who were treated at least 5 years ago. Improvements in treatment since then may result in a more favorable outlook for people now being diagnosed with small cell lung cancer (SCLC).