RELATIVE 5-YEAR SURVIVAL RATES* (%) FOR SELECTED CANCER SITES DURING THREE
TIME PERIODS, UNITED STATES, SEER
SITE 1975-1977 1984-1986 1999-2005
All sites 50 53 67
Breast 75 79 89
Colon 51 59 67
Leukemia 35 42 54
Lung and bronchus 13 13 16
Melanoma of the skin 82 86 93
Non-Hodgkin 48 53 69
lymphoma
Ovary 37 40 46
Pancreas 2 3 6
Prostate 69 76 100
Rectum 49 57 66
Urinary bladder 73 78 82
*Five-year relative survival rates based on follow-up of patients through 2005.
†Recent changes in the classification of ovarian cancer have affected 1996 to 2005 survival rates.
From Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results Program (SEER), 1975-2006, Division of Cancer
Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Institute, 2009.
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