What is the average survival rate if someone had lung cancer??

Question: What is the average survival rate if someone had lung cancer??
- Keywords:
  cancer,
  lung cancer,
  survival
Asked by I'm a Scientist Team on 6 Jun 2019. This question was also asked by .
- David Wilson answered on 6 Jun 2019:
  
  This will depend on a lot of factors such as the type of cancer, how established the tumour is, whether is benign or malignant and the general health of the patient. Currently, Cancer Research UK says that about 5% survive lung cancer for 10 years or more, this means that if 100 people had lung cancer 5 of them would live for 10 years or longer. If your between the age of 15-39 you have the best chance of survival. We’re getting better at recognising and treating lots of different types of cancer but there’s only been a 2% improvement in Lung Cancer in the last 40 years, this isn’t a great improvement.
  
  You can find a more detailed answer here: https://www.cancerresearchuk.org/health-professional/cancer-statistics/statistics-by-cancer-type/lung-cancer/survival
- Nina Rzechorzek answered on 6 Jun 2019:
  
  David’s given a really helpful answer here. In the world of dogs, primary lung cancer (malignant tumour that starts in the lungs) is relatively rare, accounting for only about 1% of all cancers diagnosed in this species. One of the biggest risk factors for lung cancer in humans is smoking (which has less of an impact in dogs although they can be exposed to smoke-related toxins if in close proximity). The average age of diagnosis in dogs is around 10 years and the survival rate depends on the type of cancer – for small, low grade tumours, average survival time is 16 months or longer with surgery alone. Dogs with high grade tumours with lymph node involvement have an average survival of three months, even with surgery. What we tend to see more commonly in companion animals is secondary or ‘metastatic’ cancer to the lungs (i.e. the primary tumour starts somewhere else in the body and spreads to the lungs). Generally once cancer has spread like this, the survival time is shorter. A good question to ask yourselves is why are the lungs a common site for cancers to spread to? Have a think about the anatomy and physiology of the lungs and the routes by which cancer cells might spread.
- Shobhana Nagraj answered on 6 Jun 2019:
  
  Hi There! I think David has answered this really well already. The answer depends on what type of lung cancer it is – generally lung cancers are divided up into two main categories: small-cell and non-small cell lung cancer. Small cell lung cancer is usually associated with smoking and is generally more aggressive than non-small cell lung cancers. Like other forms of cancer, lung cancers can spread. They can directly spread to the tissues around them (within and around the lungs), spread through the blood, or the lymphatic fluid to other parts of the body. The spread of lung cancer is graded and given a Stage (Stages 1 to 4). You can read more about the stages here if you are interested: https://www.macmillan.org.uk/information-and-support/lung-cancer/treating/treatment-decisions/understanding-your-diagnosis/staging-and-grading.html
  The average survival rates depend on both the type and stage of cancer. The figures are given in the link that David has provided in his answer. The survival rates for cancer are usually given as figures at 1, 5 and 10 years, and can differ based on gender. For lung cancer, the average survival at 1 year is around 30%. I hope that helps add to the answers already given!
- Rebecca Moon answered on 6 Jun 2019:
  
  That’s a really tricky question to answer as it depends on many factors. There are several different types of cancer that occur in the lung, some are more aggressive than others so that will affect survival. Also it depends on how advanced the cancer is when it is diagnosed, as the earlier it is picked up, the more treatment options are usually available. And it depends on how well the person is before they get the cancer. All of these things are usually true for most cancers.
  
  I think David has given a link to some actual stats though.
- Kaitlin Wade answered on 7 Jun 2019:
  
  David’s given an awesome answer here. It’ll depend on a huge number of things – age, whether someone is a man or woman, when they got lung cancer, how often they smoke, if they even smoke, if the exercise, weight, height, diet and so many other things.
- Thiloka Ratnaike answered on 10 Jun 2019:
  
  Another vote here for David’s answer. Such a multifactorial topic. I guess the difficulty is that we don’t consider a cancer of an organ such as the lungs to actually be cancer of a part of the organ- so the actual cell type that is affected by the cancer. The primary cell type will be a big contributing factor in the survival rate here and very worth reading up on just to get an idea of how complicated it all is.
- Matthew Bareford answered on 20 Jun 2019:
  
  I think The others have all pretty much answered this question just as well if not better than I am able too!

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