Symptoms are usually relieved with radiation therapy within one month of treatment. However, even with treatment, 99% of patients die within two and a half years. This relates to the cancerous causes of SVC found in 90% of cases. The average age of disease onset is 54 years.
Superior vena cava syndrome
Inferior vena cava syndrome
Mediastinitis
Aortocaval compression syndrome
Subclavian steal syndrome
Pulmonary hematoma
COACH syndrome
Pulmonary hemorrhage