TABLE 3.

Cumulative survival (%) of patients in the study according to each of the main subtypes of lung cancer

Patient	1 yr	2 yr	3 yr	5 yr
Males
NSCLC	87	57	48	14
NSCLC adenocarcinoma	95	71	47	16
NSCLC squamous cell	83	56	56	19
NSCLC with brain metastasis	89	78	52	No dataa
SCLC	57	25	17	17
All subtypes	77	51	38	19
Females
NSCLC	92	72	58	53
NSCLC adenocarcinoma	97	81	66	59
NSCLC squamous cell	75	62	47	47
NSCLC with brain metastasis	89	63	32	32
SCLC	100	75	75	50
All subtypes	94	75	60	52
Males and females
NSCLC	89	63	53	35
NSCLC adenocarcinoma	96	77	59	44
NSCLC squamous cell	83	60	55	31
NSCLC with brain metastasis	89	69	41	41
SCLC	69	40	33	25
All subtypes	84	60	47	33

NSCLC = nonsmall cell lung carcinoma; SCLC = small cell lung carcinoma.

^aThere were no patients under observation in this group at 5 yr.