KARAKTERISTIK DAN KETAHANAN HIDUP 2 TAHUN PENDERITA KANKER PARU DI RS KANKER DHARMAIS PERIODE JANUARI 1998-NOVEMBER 2001

Lung cancer is the health problem in developed countries and also in developing countries. Till nowadays there be no research about year survival rate at lung cancer patient in Dharmais Cancer Hospital. The goal of this research is to get information the characteristics and the probability of 2 year survival of the lung cancer patients at Dharmais Cancer Hospital. The design of this research is longitudinal study. Data were collected from medical record lungs cancer patients on Januari 1998 to November 2001. The sample was 181 patients. Data was collected from medical record as well as by telephoning to establish how long each lung cancer patient survived. The result of this research indicate that the 2- year survival rate for lung cancer patients at Dharmais Cancer Hospital was 14,55% with a median survival rate of 5 months.