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What is the outcome of a diagnosis of lung cancer?

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What is the outcome of a diagnosis of lung cancer?

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The outcome depends on the cell type, how far it has spread, and the person’s level of health and suitability for surgery. If small deposits of non-small cell lung cancer are surgically removed prior to spreading, there is a 5-year survival rate of about 80 per cent. For more advanced non-small cell lung cancer limited to the chest, the 5-year survival rate, even with a combination of surgery, radiotherapy and chemotherapy, drops to less than 50 per cent. The survival rate with widespread non-small cell lung cancer that has spread outside the chest is far less satisfactory. Small cell lung cancer also tends to have a poor outcome. Of people with limited disease, about a quarter can be cured with a combination of chemotherapy and radiotherapy. Unfortunately, because most small cell lung cancers have spread by the time they are diagnosed, cure rates are very low. As many cancers have already spread at the time of diagnosis, only about 15 per cent of all lung cancers are cured. The aim of

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