My neighbors 84 year old husband was diagnosed with small cell lung cancer with mets into his liver about 2 months ago... At diagnosis he was told without chemo he would only have 2 months to live and with chemo they could possibly give him 12-14 months...He chose to do chemo thankfully and has done well with it... Has been having some issues with dementia type symptoms in the middle of the night, so Dr wanted him down today asap they did a ct scan and an MRI scan... Results showed no sign of cancer in the brain but tumor in the lung has shrunk by 90% thats great news and the dr said he is doing so good that he may not have to continue chemo after his next round on the 18th... My question is does this mean that the 12-14 months survival changes or is it that they are doing what was planned shrinking the lung tumor and keeping away from brain to allow him to have the longer time... His daughter takes him to his appointments and I can see the false hopes arrising in her thinking that the end result is going to be he's in remission, I worry that she wants her dad to be ok so much that she may not be hearing everything she needs too and I have to say we all get our hopes up when she comes back with good news... I have been threw a different type of cancer with my own husband and understand how hard all this is to understand and comprehend and how easy it is to get lost in all the good and forget what the real picture is... Anyone who could give some kind of advice or help me to understand how this all goes I would very much appriciate it... Than you & God Bless you all Susie