What Is The Prognosis For Lung Cancer Sufferers?

It depends a lot at which stage the disease is discovered. Overall, only 20% of victims will live 1 year after diagnosis, and only 6% live 5 years after diagnosis. This makes lung cancer one of the most deadly of cancer diseases.

Very rarely lung cancer is diagnosed very early on (Stage 1). Sufferers can expect a 70% chance of living 5 years.

Only a bit less rarely, some people are diagnosed at Stage 2 (or with limited small cell lung cancer). Only 40% of these people can expect to live at least 2 years.

People diagnosed with non small cell lung cancer at Stage 3 have a 25-30% chance of living another 5 years.

People diagnosed with Stage 4 non-small cell cancer have about a 25% chance of living one year, and about 2% chance of living 5 years or more.

Those with extensive small cell lung cancer very rarely live another year.

My mom had small cell lung cancer and she has been through 3 rounds of chemo....her doctors have called her a inspiration to them .....bottom line is just live your life the best you can and if you want quality time take to a hospaud doctor that's the best thing we found...live the short time with quality.....God Bless and cover you with his hands

Are you saying that you only live a year after knowing that you have stage 4 small cell lung cancer, Question.....is that year with chemo or without chemo. With chemo what is the chance of living longer than one year with small cell lung cancer?

My mother has been given 3 months to live . She is 86 years of age and has lung cancer. Radiation failed to help her. What can we expect to happen to her now. She is receiving morphine when needed.