The 5-year survival rate for people with a gastrointestinal carcinoid tumour that has not spread to other parts of the body is 97%. If the tumour has spread to nearby tissue or the regional lymph nodes, the 5-year survival rate is 94%. If the tumour has spread to other areas of the body, the survival rate is 67%.
When a carcinoid tumour of the lung is in its early stages, the 5-year survival rate is 97%. The 5-year survival rate if the tumour has spread to nearby areas, called regional, is 86%. When the disease has spread to other parts of the body, called distant or stage IV, the 5-year survival rate is 58%1.