5 Year Survival by Histology

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US Data from the NCDB

Clinical Features of Lung Cancer (old data)

  cell type

 incidence

     Xray finding

 5 year survival
  adenocarcinoma 35%   peripheral, solitary nodule 27%
  squamous cell 30%   hilar mass, obstruction 35%
  large cell 15%   large peripheral mass 27%
  small cell 20%   hilar mass,adenopathy <1%