and is it higher risk the older you are?
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60% of people diagnosed with either type of lung cancer (non-small cell or small cell) are dead in 1 year. 73% are dead by 2 years. 1 in 7 people diagnosed with lung cancer survive 5 years (~15%) So, your answer is that roughly 85% of people with lung cancer die from it within 5 years Most of those who are cured are cured with initial surgery - - not with chemotherapy. More people die from lung cancer than any other type of cancer. In 2004 - lung cancer killed more people than breast cancer, prostate cancer, and colon cancer combined. Lung cancer accounts for 31% of all deaths from cancer. 90% of these could have been prevented if people had not smoked cigarettes. Tobacco addiction is by far the most important risk factor in the development of lung cancer. There are approximately 123,386 lung cancer deaths per year attributable to smoking. Source: CDC - Center for Disease Control - Atlanta Lung cancer mainly occurs in the elderly. About 2/3 of people are older than 65. Fewer than 3% are under the age of 45. Average age of diagnosis ~ 70. I would estimate that the average person I saw with lung cancer had smoked ~ 500,000 cigarettes, but that varies greatly. Some less - some more. John Wayne probably smoked more than one million cigarettes before he developed lung cancer.
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