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My sister has metastasis in the bone from the lung and has just had her hip replaced. how long does she have?
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Lung cancer : Non small cell lung cancer with bone metastasis is an incurable disease. The average median survival nowadays with the modern chemotherapy based on patients tumor molecular profile is 12-15 months. Chances of making 2 years around 20% and 5 year survival is less than 5%.
Answered 1/6/2013
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