Does early stage of lung cancer affect life expectancy?

Lung cancer in early stage can affect life expectancy, most patients lung cancer originates from bronchial mucosa or glands, which seriously affects and endangers people’s health and life, and is a highly prevalent tumor and the main cause of cancer-related death worldwide. The most effective treatment for early stage lung cancer is surgery. The 5-year survival rate after surgery is over 70% for stage 1a patients, over 60% for stage 1b, about 50% for stage 2a patients and 30%-40% for stage 2b patients after surgery and postoperative adjuvant chemotherapy.