These survival rates for the most advanced lung cancer stages are estimated using a slightly different benchmark.
Stage 3 non small cell lung cancer survival rate.
However once it has reached stage 3 and has begun to spread the five year survival rate ranges between 4 and 16 depending on how much it has spread.
For stage iiic it s 13.
The 2 and 5 year survival rates for all types of lung.
Even with advanced treatment options the small cell lung cancer sclc survival rate is not as good as it is with other types of lung cancer sclc can grow and spread quickly.
The cancer has spread to distant parts of the body such as the brain bones liver or the other lung.
According to the american cancer society data derived from a database of people diagnosed with lung cancer between 1999 and 2010 the five year survival rate for stage 3a nsclc is about 36 percent.
About 1 in 3 people diagnosed with stage iiia lung cancer live for at least 5 years after their diagnosis.
For stage iiib the average 5 year survival rate is 26.