List of cancer mortality rates in the United States
Different types of cancer can vary wildly in their prognosis. While the stage of cancer at diagnosis is most relevant to the survival of an individual patient, the type of cancer suggests an overall survival rate of the population.
The figures below are an overall reflection of mortality rates throughout the U.S. population. For example, those diagnosed with breast or prostate cancer have a much better outcome than those diagnosed with lung or stomach cancer. In most statistical records, cancers are grouped by location, although some cancers of the same location can have extremely variable survival rates depending on the type of cancer. For example, stage 1 pancreatic adenocarcinoma has a 5-year survival rate of 12%, while stage 1 pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors have a 5-year survival rate of 61%.[1]
Between 2007 and 2013, the percentage of cancer patients alive within five years after cancer diagnosis are displayed in the table below.[2] These figures represent all deaths, whether due to the cancer itself, or death from another cause in a person with cancer.
Note: This is not a complete list of cancer mortality rates as published by the NCI. These figures are at least five years old and do not reflect recent advances in medicine that have improved the detection and treatments of cancer and their outcomes. Again, these are average death rates that should not be assumed to apply to individuals, whose prognoses will vary depending on age, sex, race, general health, swiftness of detection, type of treatment, progression of disease, and complicating factors.
| Type | Survival Rate |
|---|---|
| Oral Cancer | 64.5% |
| Lip cancer | 90% |
| Hypopharynx cancer | 33% |
| Esophageal cancer | 19% |
| Stomach cancer | 30.6% |
| Small intestine cancer | 67.5% |
| Colorectal cancer | 64.9% |
| Hepatic and bile duct cancer | 17.6% |
| Gallbladder cancer | 18.2% |
| Pancreatic cancer (all types) | 8.2% |
| Laryngeal cancer | 60.7% |
| Lung cancer (all types) | 18.1% |
| Mesothelioma | 9% |
| Tracheal cancer | 52.9% |
| Bone cancer (all types) | 67.7% |
| Soft tissue, not otherwise specified | 64.4% |
| Skin cancer (excluding basal and squamous) | 91.7% |
| Breast cancer | 89.7% |
| Breast cancer in situ | 100%A |
| Uterine cancer | 29.8%-82.7% |
| Ovarian cancer | 46.5% |
| Cervical cancer | 67.1% |
| Prostate cancer | 98.6% |
| Testicular cancer | 95.1% |
| Bladder cancer | 77.3% |
| Renal cancer | 74.1% |
| Ocular cancer | 82.7% |
| Glioblastoma | 4%[3] |
| Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma | 0% |
| Myeloma | 49.6% |
| Hodgkin's lymphoma | 86.4% |
| Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma | 71% |
| Thyroid cancer | 98.2% |
| Leukemia (Acute lymphocytic) | 68.2% |
| Leukemia (Acute myelomonocytic) | 24% |
| Leukemia (Chronic lymphocytic) | 83.2% |
| Leukemia (Chronic myeloid) | 66.9% |
A While breast cancer in situ is not a true cancer (lacking the invasive nature of cancer), physicians often present the diagnosis of cancer to patients. In recent years, this has been controversial, as it artificially inflates the rates of breast cancer.
References
- ↑ https://www.cancer.org/cancer/pancreatic-cancer/detection-diagnosis-staging/survival-rates.html
- ↑ https://seer.cancer.gov/csr/1975_2014/browse_csr.php?sectionSEL=1&pageSEL=sect_01_table.05.html
- ↑ http://braintumor.org/brain-tumor-information/understanding-brain-tumors/tumor-types/#glioblastoma-multiforme
Sources
External links
- "National Cancer Institute". Retrieved 2009-08-19.
- "Surveillance Research Program, NCI". Retrieved 2009-08-19.
- "American Cancer Society --Statistics". Retrieved 2013-12-02.
- "American Cancer Society Facts and Statistics".
- "Articles About Health And Food".