Under the SEER classification system, "distant disease" and "stage 4 cancer" are synonymous. The one drawback to the SEER ...

Life expectancy for people with metastatic or metastasized lung cancer is low. The 5-year survival rate for small cell lung cancer is 3%, and 8% for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). 25-30% of ...

Cigarette smoking declines over the past several decades prevented an estimated 3.8 million lung cancer deaths, according to ...