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Patients had numerically better but statistically similar five-year overall survival rates for IMRT (30.8 per cent) compared to 3D-CRT (26.6 per cent), as well as progression-free survival rates (16.5 per cent vs. 14.6 per cent). Taken together, these results favored IMRT, even though patients on the IMRT arm had significantly larger tumors and more tumors in unfavorable locations near the heart.

Statistics show that more than 90 per cent of lung cancers in men and more than 80 per cent of lung cancers in women develop in smokers Often, no symptoms are seen in the early stages of lung cancer leading to diagnosis at late stages of the disease Doctors say this delay in diagnosis significantly reduces the overall lung cancer survival rate

 The results showed that, although there were no adverse effects from taking statins, there were no advantages either.