What is the survival rate of someone having lung cancer?

My father in law recently was diagnoised with lung cancer. He has two growths in his lower left lung. The size is small, one is 7 mm and the other is 12 mm. he hasn't smoked in 5 yrs or more. What are his chances of full recovery?

http://www.cancer.gov/cancer_information...

this is a good site for information on lung cancer. Source(s): RN

i dont know the statistics sorry, i thought it was a death sentence tho....
Lung cancer has a poor survival rate I'm sorry to say. Quite often it's only found in advanced stages unless someone manages to have an x-ray for something non-related and they find it then. Treatment is aggressive, but if there is already 2 growths he's had this for years and never knew it.
It really depends upon the staging of his cancer. If it is at it's very earliest stage 1 (it is rare to catch it that early) he has the best chance. Stage 4 would mean it has spread to other organs and his chance of surviving the next 5 years are less. The fact that he has 2 tumors tell me that he is not stage1.
Treatments are improving for lung cancer; there is more hope than in the past. Work with his doctor.
No one can tell, too many factors at play. My father was diagnosed December 1989 and life expectancy six months. He lived for two years! Yet his Brother, my Uncle diagnosed in March, the operated dead early August. Much has to do with the type, spread lymph nodes, other organs, his attitude is he depressed willing to fight, have they offered surgery or radiotherapy. However do not give up, it is important that you do not give up, because he might just prove you wrong.
If it is found early and removed, the recovery chances are greatly increased. If it progresses to stage 3 or 4, chances are very slim. If he just has two small spots, he needs to have them removed immediately.