The mortality rate of small cell carcinoma is around 7 percent with a 5 year survival rate.
Only a small percentage of people diagnosed with small cell carcinoma will live for 5 years or longer.
The mortality rate of small cell carcinoma is also influenced by several factors, which includes the stage of the small cell carcinoma at diagnoses, your overall health and the treatment that you get.
Small cell carcinoma is often diagnosed at an advanced stage, when the small cell carcinoma has already spread to distant parts of your body.
The 5 year survival rate for localized small cell carcinoma is higher which is around 27 percent when compared to distant small cell carcinoma which is only around 3 percent.
Although small cell carcinoma is considered to be an aggressive cancer, treatment using chemotherapy and radiation can improve the survival rates and most particularly for the limited stage small cell carcinoma.
Although the small cell carcinoma often recurs even with treatment.
And if the small cell carcinoma has spread to other areas of the body then the prognosis is often worse.
Also factors such as age, overall health and the response to treatment can also impact your survival with small cell carcinoma.