Sentences with phrase «cent of lung cancer patients»

Fewer than 10 per cent of lung cancer patients survive the disease beyond five years after diagnosis.

The team studied a lung cancer drug called erlotinib which can be used to treat between 10 and 30 per cent of lung cancer patients.

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The drug erlotinib is prescribed to between 10 — 30 per cent of patients with non-small cell lung cancer, which accounts for 85 per cent of all lung cancer cases.

The drug erlotinib is prescribed to between 10 - 30 per cent of patients with non-small cell lung cancer, which accounts for 85 per cent of all lung cancer cases.

One reason is that the majority - 65 - 75 per cent - of lung cancer patients are diagnosed when the cancer has already become aggressive, which makes it more difficult to treat successfully.