Lung Cancer

Life Expectancy and Survival Rates of Lung Cancer

What is the life expectancy for lung cancer?

Survival rates are what tells you what percentage of people with the same age and stage of lung cancer are still alive for a certain period after diagnosis. The survival rate mentioned cannot serve as an indicator of how long the patient survives, but it may help the patient in understanding if the treatment is successful or not. Read on to learn about lung cancer life expectancy.

What is a five-year survival rate?

The five-year survival rate is the percentage of people who live for five years after cancer diagnosis. For instance, a 5-year survival rate of 90% means 90 out of 100 people can live for five years after being initially diagnosed with cancer.

Survival rates for non-small cell lung cancer

The five-year survival rate for non-small cell lung cancer is listed below by stage.

Stage 1

  • Firstly, the five-year survival rate for people with stage 1A NSCLC ranges from 75-92%.
  • Secondly, the five-year survival rate for people with stage 1B non-small cell lung cancer is about 68%.

Stage 2

  • Firstly, the five-year survival rate for people with stage 2A NSCLC is about 60%.
  • Secondly, The five-year survival rate for people with stage 2B NSCLC is about 53%.

Stage 3

  • Firstly, for stage 3A NSCLC, it is 36%.
  • Then, for people with stage 3B NSCLC, it is 26 %.
  • Furthermore, for stage 3C NSCLC, it is about 13%.

Stage 4

  • The five-year survival rate for people with stage 4A NSCLC is about 10% because after cancer has spread to other parts of the body, it is often hard to treat.
  • The five-year survival rate for people with stage 4B NSCLC is less than 1%.

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