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- prognosis for people with small-cell lung cancer is poor
- without treatment, it has an aggressive clinical course with a life
expectancy of approximately 3.5 months for limited-stage disease and 6
weeks for extensive-stage disease
- with treatment
- median survival with treatment is approximately 14-18 months for
limited-stage disease and 9-12 months for extensive-stage disease
- approximately 20-40% of patients with limited-stage disease
and less than 5% of patients with extensive-stage disease survive
for 2 years. Survivors often continue to relapse up to, and occasionally
after, 5 years
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