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The Explanation of Stage 4 of Lung Cancer

  When an individual is detected with lung cancer, the doctor has to assess the cancer to conclude how serious it is and whether the cancer has spread to other areas, the dimension of the tumor, the growth rapidity, the presence of lymph nodes, the possible treatment and the prognosis. Lung cancer is allocated into 4 stages with stage 1 being the first and stage 4 being the last, while some of these are also separated into sub stages. Every stage has diverse cancer facets like the kind of the lung cancer, the dimension of tumor and the zones the cancer has affected. The determination is done by numerous approaches, including X-rays, bone scans, MRI scans, CT scans and certain inspections. Thanks to the progressive medical diagnostic technology nowadays, cancers can be found using CT scans as one of regular chest radiograph approaches. Cancer found in stage 1 leads to a higher survival rate of patients, with around 75 percent of the patients surviving more than five years. Stage 4 is th