Lung Cancer

Study Findings from University of Groningen Provide New Insights into Lung Cancer

Published in Cancer Weekly, March 20th, 2012

2012 MAR 20 -- According to the authors of recent research published in the Journal of Thoracic Oncology, "Most patients diagnosed with non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) die within the first few years after diagnosis. However, only little is known about those who have survived these first years."

"We aimed to study conditional 5-year relative survival rates for NSCLC patients during long-term follow-up. All 12,148 patients aged 45 to 74 years diagnosed with stage I-III NSCLC between 1989 and 2008 in the Netherlands were derived from the Netherlands Cancer Registry. Conditional 5-year relative survival was calculated for every additional year...

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Source: Cancer Weekly (2012-03-20)

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