Five year relative survival rates by stage at diagnosis*

Site

All Stages %

Local %

Regional %

Distant %

Breast (female)

84

97

76

21

Cervix (uterus)

69

91

49

9

Colon

62

93

67

8

Endometrium (uterus)

84

96

66

27

Esophagus

11

23

10

2

Kidney

59

88

60

9

Larynx

67

85

55

42

Liver

6

13

7

2

Lung

14

49

18

2

Melanoma

88

95

61

16

Oral cavity

53

81

42

18

Ovary

46

93

55

25

Pancreas

4

15

5

2

Prostate

89

100

94

31

Rectum

60

88

55

5

Stomach

21

61

23

2

Testis

95

99

97

72

Thyroid

95

100

94

45

Urinary bladder

81

94

49

6

*Adjusted for normal life expectancy. This chart is based on cases diagnosed from 1986 to 1993, followed through 1994.
Data source: NCI Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program, 1997, American Cancer Society, Surveillance Research, 1998.