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2. Bone metastasis - Wikipedia

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   The list below details the likelihood of a cancer, if in a stage of advanced metastasis, to have spread to bone at time of death: [26] Breast: 65-75%; Prostate: 65-75%; Thyroid: 60%; Kidney: 20-25%; Lung: 30-40%; Given the high incidence of breast, lung and prostate cancer, these patients account for > 80% of patients with bone metastases. [15]

3. Lung cancer - Wikipedia

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   Lung cancer is the most diagnosed and deadliest cancer worldwide, with 2.2 million cases in 2020 resulting in 1.8 million deaths. [3] Lung cancer is rare in those younger than 40; the average age at diagnosis is 70 years, and the average age at death 72. [2] Incidence and outcomes vary widely across the world, depending on patterns of tobacco use.

4. Cancer survival rates - Wikipedia

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   In males, researchers suggest that the overall reduction in cancer death rates is due in large part to a reduction in tobacco use over the last half century, estimating that the reduction in lung cancer caused by tobacco smoking accounts for about 40% of the overall reduction in cancer death rates in men and is responsible for preventing at least 146,000 lung cancer deaths in men during the ...

5. List of cancer mortality rates in the United States - Wikipedia

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   Colorectal cancer: 13.9 Liver cancer and bile duct cancer: 6.6 Gallbladder cancer: 0.6 Pancreatic cancer: 11.0 Laryngeal cancer: 1.0 Lung cancer: 40.2 Tracheal cancer (including other respiratory organs) 0.1 Bone cancer (including joint cancer) 0.5 Skin cancer (excluding basal and squamous) 3.4 Breast cancer (non-in situ) 11.3 Uterine cancer ...

6. Lung cancer staging - Wikipedia

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   Lung cancer staging is the assessment of the extent to which a lung cancer has spread from its original source. As with most cancers, staging is an important determinant of treatment and prognosis. In general, more advanced stages of cancer are less amenable to treatment and have a worse prognosis.

7. Pfizer drug extends life for patients with rare lung cancer ...

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   Four of the 114 patients taking Lorbrena developed brain metastasis within about 16 months, compared to 39 out of the 109 taking crizotinib, a huge feat for people living with ALK-positive lung ...