Will it kill you in one year ?
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Thats something ive always wondered. Its scary.
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It depends on the person.
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5 year survival rate 13.4 percent for white men 17.4 percent for white women 10.5 percent for black men 14.5 percent for black women. The lung cancer stage plays a role in the survival rate for lung cancer. Based on historical data: * 16 percent of lung cancer cases are diagnosed while the cancer is still confined to the primary site (localized stage). * 37 percent of lung cancer cases are diagnosed after the cancer has spread to regional lymph nodes or directly beyond the primary site. * 39 percent of lung cancer cases are diagnosed after the cancer has already metastasized (distant stage). * 8 percent of lung cancer cases had staging information that was unknown. The corresponding 5-year relative lung cancer survival rates were: * 49.3 percent for localized * 15.5 percent for regional * 2.1 percent for distant * 7.9 percent for unstaged.
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Depends, it's not how long you've smoked for the most part, it is how much. If you smoke 1 pack a day it will kill you faster than 1 cigarette a day. Each person is different. Some people luck out and get nothing, some lose there entire voice, and some die. Lung cancer from smoking is no more deadly than any other lung cancer, it's just deadly, and it won't necessarily kill you. It is possible to die in one year i suppose, but that is unlikely. Hope I helped.
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check out this research group http://boinc.bakerlab.org/rosetta/
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Lung cancer attributed to smoking is the same as any lung cancer -deadly. To my knowledge there are no degrees of "deadly". Death in a year? Assuming the cancer is detected early, no. And, while smoking is a suspect in lung cancer, there is as yet no hard proof that lung cancer is directly caused by smoking. There are many cases of people who have never been near cigarette smoke in their lives dying of lung cancer and of course the opposite is true. Smoking is definitely a cause of, or at least an exacerbating factor in, many diseases, especially of the lungs, so is certainly not a wise habit to form, and a devilish one to kick.
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The statistics provided by "Leo" are correct. I don't know why anyone would give her a thumbs down. Here are more specific stats to answer your question: 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%) Most of those who are cured are cured with initial surgery - - not with chemotherapy. I saw several hundred people with advanced lung cancers - small cell and non-small cell types - over my twenty years as a cancer specialist doctor. More than half were gone within a year no matter how hard we tried to save them. Many chemotherapy regimens have been tried, but they only seem to help a minority of patients with advanced lung cancers. It is far better to prevent lung cancers. 90% are thought to be caused by smoking cigarettes. Smoking related cancer account for over 31% of all cancer deaths.
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