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Post a new topicby contentuser on Thu Jul 02, 2009 1:13 am

Questions to Ask Your Doctor About Lung Cancer(Free Handout)



Forecasting the Course of Disease: Lung Cancer Prognosis

Overall, fewer than 10% of people with primary lung cancer are alive 5 years after diagnosis. But 5-year survival rates may be as high as 35–40% among patients who undergo surgical resection for cancer that has not spread beyond the lung. General estimates of stage-specific median survival times—the point at which 50% of patients are still living—are as f...Read the full article
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