According to the National Cancer Institute's (NCI's) Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) Cancer Statistics Review, the five-year survival rate for lung cancer for all stages combined is a rather dismal 16%. Only about 15% of patients have localized disease when they are diagnosed. Their chance of survival at five years following a lung cancer diagnosis is 53%, relative to the general population. Those with locally advanced disease have a five-year survival of 24%. Patients who have metastatic lung cancer that's already spread to distant sites at the time of diagnosis have a 4% chance of surviving five years.
According to the National Cancer Institute's (NCI's) Surveillance,
Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) Cancer Statistics Review, the
five-year survival rate for lung cancer for all stages combined is
a rather dismal 16%. Only about 15% of patients...
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Dr. Patrick Maguire answered:According to the National Cancer Institute's (NCI's) Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) Cancer Statistics Review, the five-year survival rate for lung cancer for all stages combined is a rather dismal 16%. Only about 15% of patients have localized disease when they are diagnosed. Their chance of survival at five years following a lung cancer diagnosis is 53%, relative to the general population. Those with locally advanced disease have a five-year survival of 24%. Patients who have metastatic lung cancer that's already spread to distant sites at the time of diagnosis have a 4% chance of surviving five years.According to the National Cancer Institute's (NCI's) Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results (SEER) Cancer Statistics Review, the five-year survival rate for lung cancer for all stages combined is a rather dismal 16%. Only about 15% of patients... More