Question: How long does lung cancer take to get from step 1 to step 4?

Matthew Lee answered on 22 Jun 2017:

I dont actually know. I guess it will depend on how aggressive the cancer is. Sometimes it might take many many years so you will die of old age or heart disease. But other times it could be 6 months! It’s all down to how aggressive the cancer you have is and whether there is a medicine for it. The medicine could turn a 6 month cancer into a 10 year cancer for example.