Lung cancer - non-small cell

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	Lungs	Secondhand Smoke and Lung Cancer	Vitamin B3 source
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Cure rates are related to the stage of disease and whether you are able to have surgery.

• Stage I and II cancer can be cured with surgery, sometimes in more than 50% of cases.
• Stage III tumors can be cured in some cases.
• Patients with stage IV disease or cancer that has returned are almost never cured, and the goals of therapy are to extend and improve the quality of their life.

• Spread of disease beyond the lung
• Side effects of surgery, chemotherapy, or radiation therapy

Review Date: 09/26/2010
Reviewed By: David Zieve, MD, MHA, Medical Director, A.D.A.M., Inc., and Yi-Bin Chen, MD, Leukemia/Bone Marrow Transplant Program, Massachusetts General Hospital.

A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org).

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