But for brain cancer, the five-year survival rate is only 30 percent.

You have to consider exactly how a five-year survival rate is figured.

"The five-year survival rates weren't quite so good back then," he said.

The five-year survival rate for patients going to hospitals that did more than 14 operations a year was 34 percent.

Even when the cancer has spread to adjacent areas of the body, the five-year survival rate is 71 percent.

With or without such tests, the five-year survival rate for people found to have lung cancer is only 15 percent.

The five-year survival rate depends on whether the tumors have spread.

If they have not spread to the liver, the five-year survival rate is approximately 90%.

Lead time bias can affect interpretation of the five-year survival rate.

The higher the number of incompatibilities, the lower the five-year survival rate.

A five-year survival rate in lung cancer is still less than ten per cent.

Depending on how advanced the disease is, five-year survival rates range from 9% to 93%.

When treated early, the five-year survival rates soar to 70 percent or even higher, they say.

The overall five-year survival rate (for all stages combined) is about 73 percent.

The five-year survival rate refers to the percentage of patients who live at least five years after being diagnosed.

Breast cancer is on the rise, she said, but early detection has led to a five-year survival rate of more than 90 percent.

Five-year survival rates can be used to compare the effectiveness of treatments.

If the disease is diagnosed early, the five-year survival rate is 85 percent.

The five-year survival rate for early invasive cancer of the cervix is 92 percent.

For pre-invasive cervical cancer, the five-year survival rate is nearly 100 percent.

Despite a host of drug and other treatments, heart failure is associated with a five-year survival rate far worse than for most cancers.

Pancreatic cancer is swift and lethal, with a five-year survival rate of only 3 percent.

The five-year survival rate after removal of a rectal cancer with such extension was under 20 percent.

Researchers analyzed the five-year survival rate of people with many types of cancer.

Improved detection and treatment techniques have raised the overall five-year survival rate above 95% for most of these cancers.