[astura]

Unbelievable! The five year survival rate for lung cancer is only 18%! Even when the cancer is localized the five year survival rate is only 55%![1]

It's irresponsible for the doctor to not give a reasonable prognosis!

[1]http://www.lung.org/lung-health-and-diseases/lung-disease-lo...

[user5994461]

Maybe lung cancer wasn't as understood 20 years ago as today.

[mjfl]

we should find this person and sue them for what I'm sure is a 100% accurate retelling of a 20-year old story on hacker news.