Lung cancer: the facts

The big picture

Lung cancer has been the most common cancer in the world for several decades, accounting for

1 in 5

of all cancer deaths¹

Worldwide, three people die from lung cancer every minute²

This is more per year than breast, colorectal and prostate cancer combined³

Diagnosis, staging & treatment ⁴,⁵

more than 2/3

of patients are diagnosed with lung cancer at a later stage when their survival chances are lower

Early-stage lung cancer - key facts

Prognosis 55% survival

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Staging

One tumor in lung

Treatment

Surgery and chemotherapy

Locally advanced lung cancer - key facts

Prognosis 28% survival

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Staging

A number of tumours in lung and periphery

Treatment

Surgery, radiation and chemotherapy

Advanced lung cancer - key facts

Prognosis 4% survival

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Staging

Other organs also affected

Treatment

Systemic treatment (e.g. targeted therapy / chemotherapy)

During later stages of lung cancer systemic treatments are key. Of these systemic treatments, targeted therapies e.g. monoclonal antibodies have demonstrated survival benefits for patients

References

  1. Cancer Research UK. http://www.cancerresearchuk.org/health-professional/cancer-statistics/worldwide-cancer. [Accessed May 2016]

  2. WHO. http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs297/en/. Calculation by Roche - 1.59 million deaths per year / 365 days – 4,356 deaths per day / 24 hours = 181 deaths per hour / 60 minutes = 3 deaths per minute

  3. GLOBOCAN. http://globocan.iarc.fr/Pages/fact_sheets_cancer.aspx. [Accessed December 2016]

  4. Goldstraw et al. The IASLC Lung Cancer Staging Project: Proposals for the Revision of the TNM Stage Groupings in the Forthcoming (Seventh)

    Edition of the TNM Classification of Malignant Tumours. Journal of Thoracic Oncology 2007; 2: 706_714

  5. National Cancer Institute. SEER Cancer Statistics Review 1975-2013 - Lung cancer. Available at: http://seer.cancer.gov/statfacts/html/lungb.html . [Accessed December 2016]