[steve86]

My late wife's cancer was thought to be metastasized five years before it was caught. So Stage 1 was way, way back there.

[libh8er]

I am sorry to hear that. Not all cancers grow at the same rate- depends on the specific mutations. Some are aggressive and will kill within weeks or months. Others can take a lot longer. Steve Jobs is another person who could have lived - he had a very treatable form of cancer, but he chose (initially) not to listen to his doctor.