List of cancer mortality rates
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Percentage of patients deceased five years after diagnosis:
- Pancreatic cancer - 97%
- Liver cancer - 95%
- Esophageal cancer - 92%
- Lung cancer - 87%
- Stomach cancer - 83%
- Brain cancer - 75%
- Ovarian cancer - 61%
- Oral cancer - 49%
- Kidney cancer - 47%
- Rectal cancer - 46%
- Colon cancer - 43%
- Laryngeal cancer - 34%
- Cervical cancer - 34%
- Prostate cancer - 26%
- Breast cancer - 23%
- Bladder cancer - 22%
- Skin cancer - 19%
- Uterine cancer - 17%
- Thyroid cancer - 6%
[edit] Source
- Kipfer, Barbara Ann. The Order of Things (Revised Edition), Random House, N.Y. 1998
[edit] External links
- "National Cancer Institute". http://www.cancer.gov/statistics. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
- "Surveillance Research Program, NCI". http://seer.cancer.gov/statistics/. Retrieved 2009-08-19.
- "American Cancer Society --Statistics". http://www.cancer.org/docroot/STT/STT_0.asp. Retrieved 2009=08-19.
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