My mother was diagnosed with breast cancer, 4 years ago, she came through it, but it came back, again she survived it, and still going on strong, and will continue to go on. While she was taking chemo, she and I realised that there are a lot of people that lived longer than what they media depicts cancer. So all in all, it depends on the cancer and how you treat the cancer, aftetall most of the surviving is done by you.