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What kind of likelihood is there of dying from lung cancer?

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Dr. Creighton Wright answered

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Measure survival: Depends on cell type, stage, metastatic location survival general 30-40% at five years, so 70 % mortality from the cancer or other things over time. Mostly older people as you know.

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Answered 5/27/2015

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