A research article from 1923 notes that the "average duration of life" in those with Kangri cancer is about fifteen months, though there have been records of people dying within one year and living for more than twenty years with Kangri cancer [REF].
However, in 2013, it was noted that the progression from erythema ab igne to squamous cell carcinoma, manifesting as Kangri cancer, was between one to two decades [REF].