Compared against the survival rates in American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) reference data, this retrospective study reported the following observations: • 1-year, 2 year and 3-year survival rates for stage IV lung cancer increased to 77.1%, 54.3% and 31.4%, respectively • Improvement of 1-year to 3-year survival rates and prolongation of median survival time (MST) for lung cancer stage IV • QOL scores of 35 cases were rated A to C by 77.2% of patients, which contributed to reducing final hospitalization time •Survival terms for breast cancer patients for 3 years, 4 years and 5 years were 65.6%, 43.8% and 28.1%, respectively • Mean survival terms for breast cancer patients were 5 years, 2 months after recurrence and 7 years, 11 months after initial diagnosis • Extension of survival terms was confirmed • QOL scores on living cases reported a score of A or B (100%), and scores for those who did not survive were A-B (50%) and C (50%)
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