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Spread of disease beyond the lung Side effects of surgery, chemotherapy, or radiation therapy.
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The prognosis for non-small cell lung cancer is better if the disease is found early, and removed surgically. For patients whose disease is caught in Stage I, the survival rate five years after surgery ranges from 60% to 80%.
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Patients who are having difficulty breathing because of non-small cell lung cancer are often unable to get enough oxygen and suffer from respiratory distress. These patients may begin breathing more quickly and wheezing.
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Metastasis is the movement or spreading of cancer cells from one organ or tissue to another. Cancer cells usually spread through the bloodstream or the lymph system.Whether or not cancer cells metastasize(spread to) to other parts of the body depe...
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Metastasis can refer either to the spread of cancer cells to other parts of the body, or to the condition produced by this spread. The English word metastasis(plural, metastases) comes from a Greek word that means"a change."
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