List of cancer mortality rates
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Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]
Overview
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%
Source
- Kipfer, Barbara Ann. The Order of Things (Revised Edition), Random House, N.Y.