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Trends in Five-Year Relative Cancer Survival Rates* (%) by Race and Year of Diagnosis, US, 1974-1996

TABLE 12

CA Cancer J Clin 2001;51:35

1974-76 1980-82 1989-96 1974-76 1980-82 1989-96 1974-76 1980-82 1989-96
SITE White Black All Races
All Sites 51 52 62 † 39 40 49 † 50 51 60 †
Brain 22 25 30   † 27 31 38 † 23 25 31 †
Breast (Female) 75 77 86 † 63 66 71 † 75 76 85 †
Uterine Cervix 70 68 72 † 64 61 59 69 67 70
Colon 51 56 63 † 46 49 52 † 51 55 62 †
Uterine Corpus 89 83 86 † 61 55 57 88 82 84 †
Esophagus 5 8 13 † 4 5 9 † 5 7 12 †
Hodgkin's Disease 72 75 83 † 69 72 77 71 75 82 †
Kidney 52 51 62 † 49 56 58 † 52 52 61 †
Larynx 67 69 66   59 58 54   66 68 65  
Leukemia 35 40 45 † 32   33 34 35 39 44 †
Liver 5 4 6 † 2 2 3 4 4 5 †
Lung & Bronchus 13 14 14 † 12 12 11 12 13 14 †
Melanoma 80 83 89 † 67 ‡ 61 § 70 ‡ 80 83 88 †
Multiple Myeloma 24 28 28 † 28 30 31 25 28 29 †
Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma 48 52 53 † 49 50 42 † 47 51 52 †
Oral Cavity 55 56 56 36 31 35 54 53 54
Ovary 37 39 50 † 41 38 48 † 37 39 50 †
Pancreas 3 3 4 † 3 5 4 † 3 3 4 †
Prostate 68 75 94 † 59 65 87 † 67 73 93 †
Rectum 49 53 61 † 42 38 52 † 49 52 60 †
Stomach 15 16 20 † 17 19 22 15 18 21 †
Testis 79 92 96 † 76 ‡ 90 ‡ 88 79 92 95 †
Thyroid 92 94 96 † 88 95 91 92 95 95 †
Urinary Bladder 74 79 82 † 48 59 64 † 73 78 81 †
*Survival rates are adjusted for normal life expectancy and are based on cases diagnosed from 1989 to 1996, followed through 1997.
†The difference in rates between 1974-76 and 1989-96 is statistically significant (p < 0.05).
‡The standard error of the survival rate is between 5 and 10 percentage points.
§The standard error of the survival rate is greater than 10 percentage points.
Data Source: Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results Program 1973-1997, Division of Cancer Control and Population Sciences, National Cancer Insititute, 2000.

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