Author Nik: ElizabethLPerkins
Name: Elizabeth L Perkins
The earlier lung cancer (LC) is diagnosed and treated, the greater the likelihood you will survive. For this reason, it is critical that symptoms are recognized and reported to your caregiver as early as possible. Experts claim the five-year survival rate for the disease in stage 1 exceeds 60 percent. By contrast, the five-year survival rate after the cancerous cells have metastasized to other areas of the body plummets to under ten percent.
Cigarette smoking is the most important cause of lung cancer. Research as far back as the 1950s clearly established this relationship. Cigarette smoke contains more than 4,000 chemicals, many of which have been identified as causing cancer.
The survival rate among those who suffer from lung cancer (LC) drops sharply as the disease progresses. If the condition is diagnosed while it is still in Stage I, and treatment begins immediately, the five-year survival rate climbs above 75%. On the other hand, if the illness reaches Stage IV, there is only a 10% probability of survival. This is the reason doctors recommend learning how to identify the symptoms of the disease. The more quickly you do so, the greater the chances the cancerous cells can be eliminated.