As the most advanced stage of the disease in which cancer has spread metastasized from the primary tumor to distant organs stage iv lung cancer has a median survival time of around four months.
Stage 4 lung cancer 6 months to live.
Once the lung cancer has spread the 5 year survival rate drops to just 5.
In recent years new treatments have been approved for stage 4 non small cell lung cancer nsclc.
A cure is not possible.
Overall the 5 year survival rate for lung cancer is lower than other cancers at 18 6.
Stage 4 lung cancer is the most advanced stage of lung cancer in stage 4 the cancer has spread metastasized to both lungs the area around the lungs or distant organs according to the national.
This means that 50 of people with stage iv cancer will still be alive four months after their diagnosis.
By definition the final stage of lung cancer implies that treatment options have been exhausted.
Physical changes during the final stages of lung cancer can be related to the tumor in the lungs the spread of cancer to other parts of the body or due to the terminal stages of cancer in general.