Prognosis according to stage of disease
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Survival for lung cancer is strongly related to the stage of the disease at diagnosis.
One-year net survival for lung cancer is highest for patients diagnosed at stage I, and lowest for those diagnosed at stage IV, 2014 data for England show.[1]
- 83% of patients diagnosed at stage I survived their disease for at least one year, versus 17% of patients diagnosed at stage IV.[1] One-year net survival for unknown stage lung cancer is 26%. Lack of staging information may in some cases reflect advanced stage at diagnosis: for example very unwell patients may not undergo staging tests if the invasiveness of the testing outweighs the potential benefit of obtaining stage information
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