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What are the chances of smoker surviving lung cancer?
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Poor: A majority of the patient with lung cancer are dead within a year of the diagnosis.
Answered 7/30/2012
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Depend on the stage: Will depend on the type and the stage of cancer. However, if you continue to smoke after being diagnosed of lung cancer-not only the response to treatment will be lower than if you stop smoking, but also, you will have significant risk for recurrence or other episode of primary lung cancer and other type of cancer that related to cigarette smoking.
Answered 8/17/2012
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Stop smoking: Treatment and survival is based on stage.
Answered 7/30/2012
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