5 year relative survival rates for non small cell lung cancer these numbers are based on people diagnosed with nsclc between 2009 and 2015.
Stage 3 non small cell lung cancer survival rate.
However once it has reached stage 3 and has begun to spread the five year survival rate ranges between 4 and 16 depending on how much it has spread.
For stage iiib the average 5 year survival rate is 26.
These survival rates for the most advanced lung cancer stages are estimated using a slightly different benchmark.
The cancer has spread to distant parts of the body such as the brain bones liver or the other lung.
The 2 and 5 year survival rates for all types of lung.
And according to statistics the likelihood of living for five years after you ve been diagnosed with sclc is between 3 and 27 depending on how advanced the cancer is when it s found.
According to the american cancer society data derived from a database of people diagnosed with lung cancer between 1999 and 2010 the five year survival rate for stage 3a nsclc is about 36 percent.
For stage iiic it s 13.