Survival Improves Slightly for Advanced Lung Cancer
December 2nd, 2009
Survival for the advanced stage of the most common form of lung cancer is slightly better than it was 20 years ago, a new study says.
Reporting in the November issue of the Journal of Thoracic Oncology, researchers say one-year survival of people with stage IV non-small-cell lung cancer has improved from 13% in 1990-1993 to 19% in 2002-2005 – but still is less than 20%.