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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Dec 16.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Chest Med. 2011 Dec;32(4):10.1016/j.ccm.2011.09.001. doi: 10.1016/j.ccm.2011.09.001

Fig. 6.

Fig. 6

Stage distribution and 5-year relative survival by stage at time of diagnosis for 2001 to 2007. (A) Stage distribution and (B) 5-year relative survival based on stage at diagnosis of lung cancer. Localized disease defined by confinement to primary site. Regional refers to spread to regional lymph nodes. Distant refers to when cancer has metastasized. Unknown includes unstaged cancers. Stage distribution is based on summary stage 2000 documentations. (Data from Howlader N, Noone AM, Krapcho M, et al, editors. SEER Cancer Statistics Review, 1975– 2008. Bethesda (MD): National Cancer Institute; 2010. Available at: http://seer.cancer.gov/csr/1975_2008/, based on November 2010 SEER data submission, posted to the SEER web site, 2011.)