Anita,
I was lucky and didn't have as late stage of cancer. After I was diagnosed and before I started getting in to see the doctors, I was a mad woman researching on the internet. What I found absolutely terrified me. A good friend thought he was being incredibly helpful and bought me some research book in adobe acrobate format.
Thankfully a co-workers wife worked at Dana Farber and spoke with me during that limbo diagnosis to doctor period. She told me to put all those things away and never look at them again.
It helped to understand that those are 5 year statistics. Not today's statistics. Even in 5 short years, they've had come so far with medical technology and treatment. Forget those statistics, your husband is his own, so help him go out and prove it!!!
Sabrina