The Lancet recently published an article titled, Long-term survival rates of cancer patients achieved by the end of the 20th century. This article provides survival rates of different types of cancer patients. Unlike a lot of previous data, we see survival rates for 5, 10, 15 and 20 years with treatment.

% survival rates
5 year10 year15 year20 year
Prostate98.8%95.2%87.1%81.1%
Thyroid96.0%95.8%94.0%95.4%
Testis94.7%94.0%91.1%88.2%
Melanomas98.0%86.4%83.5%82.8%
Breast86.4%78.3%71.3%65.0%
Hodgkin’s disease85.1%79.8%73.8%67.1%
Corpus uteri, uterus84.3%83.2%80.8%79.2%
Urinary, bladder82.1%76.2%70.3%67.9%
Larynx68.8%56.7%45.8%37.8%
Rectum62.6%55.2%51.8%49.2%
Kidney, renal pelvis61.8%54.4%49.8%47.3%
Colon61.7%55.4%53.9%52.3%
Non-Hodgkin’s57.8%46.3%38.3%34.3%
Oral cavity, pharynx56.7%44.2%37.5%33.0%
Ovary55.0%49.3%49.9%49.6%
Leukemia42.5%32.4%29.7%26.2%
Brain, nervous system32.0%29.2%27.6%26.1%
Multiple myeloma29.5%12.7%7.0%4.8%
Stomach23.8%19.4%19.0%14.9%
Lung and bronchus15.0%10.6%8.1%6.5%
Esophagus14.2%7.9%7.7%5.4%
Liver, bile duct7.5%5.8%6.3%7.6%
Pancreas4.0%3.0%2.7%2.7%

The study used data from 1973 to 1998 from the United States National Cancer Institute.

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