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Stage 4 lung cancer

Stage 4 lung cancer* means that either :

  • The cancer has spread to another lobe of the lung where it started (lobes are the sections within each lung)
  • Or

  • The cancer has spread outside the chest to another part of the body, such as the brain or the liver

Along with Stage 3B, Stage 4 lung cancer is classed as “advanced disease”.

*staging information refers to NSCLC only

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