Can lung cancer patients live with tumors for a long time?

Nowadays, lung cancer can be survived for a long time with tumor. In the past, survival was often calculated on a monthly basis, but now, with the improvement of screening methods, very early stage cancers can be detected, and after surgical removal, the 5-year and 10-year survival rates are significantly higher than before. Even for patients with advanced disease, some drugs are available, such as targeted therapies, which have enabled patients to survive much longer without disease than before. Even some patients with genetic mutations, for example, have been able to survive 34.8 months without disease progression, and the overall survival time often reaches 5 years, which is already the standard for chronic disease and can survive with tumor. Therefore, with the progress of treatment, many patients’ survival time is much longer than before, and their quality of life is significantly better than before. Therefore, there is no need to be anxious when suffering from lung cancer, there are treatment methods and you should have confidence.