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Why does stage 1 lung cancer still have a poor prognosis? why doesn't it have a high 5 year rate even at a early stage?
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Lung cancer : If stage one lung cancer is respected (removed ) the cure rate is about half as about half the time the cancer has already spread before surgery removed the main Tumor.
Answered 3/6/2015
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