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Can people survive lung cancer for years?
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Yes: Yes with appropriate, multi-disciplinary cancer treatment and care there are 5 year survival rates for every stage of lung cancer: http://goo.Gl/2cdq9 and http://goo.Gl/jx197.
Answered 12/10/2013
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Yes: Patients with early stage lung cancer treated with appropriate therapy can survive for quite some time. Many for years. Patients with later stage cancers tend to not do as well, but therapy certainly improves survival.
Answered 9/10/2013
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