| Symptoms
& History
Physical
Findings
Stop
& Think
Lab
and X-Ray
Differential
Diagnosis
The
Disease
Treatment
Conclusions
Quiz
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What's the time frame?
"Not long," is the short answer.
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The overall five year
survival is 9%
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Only 20 -30% of people
with tumors present with lesion sufficiently localized to attempt resection.
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Squamous cell and adenocarcinomas
tend to stay put slightly longer and as result have a marginally
longer survival time.
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Five year survival for
squamous cell and adenocarcinomas equals 10%
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Five year survival for
undifferentiated
equals 3%
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Untreated, the survival time
from diagnosis is 6 - 17 weeks.
Treatment
options?
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