Cancer survival rates improve slightly

Cancer survival rates improve slightly


Estimates for cancers diagnosed from 2004 to 2006 in Canada
Last Updated: Wednesday, September 15, 2010 | 11:22 AM ET Comments31Recommend29CBC News
"The long-term prognosis has generally improved for most types of cancer since the 1990s — sometimes markedly, according to new data from the Canadian Cancer Registry.

The overall five-year survival rate of Canadians diagnosed with cancer in the period from 2004 to 2006 is estimated to be 62 per cent of that of an identical group without cancer."


.......That's up slightly from 60 per cent for cancers diagnosed in the 1998 to 2000 period. In the 1994 to 1996 period, the ratio was 57 per cent."


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