Lung Cancer Recovery

Lung cancer is a very deadly disease. Recovering from lung cancer can be a tough road but there are those who do recover. The information on lung cancer is sobering but it's important to know.

Recovery rate

• The prognosis in general is very poor with the best recovery rates for five years around twenty percent. The severity, specific type of lung cancer and overall patient heath ar factors in determining prognosis.

Statistics

• More people die from lung cancer than any other form of cancer.

Treatment

• Surgery, radiation and chemotherapy are several ways to treat lung cancer. There are alternative and experimental therapies as well.

Reoccurrence

• Lung cancer can come back but you can help prevent it from coming back by living a more lung healthy lifestyle, such as not smoking.

Check up

• Annual check ups are necessary after having recovered from an initial bout of lung cancer. Physical exams, chest x-rays and lab tests will be done to see if there is any reoccurrence.