People with common cancer types are expected to live for 10 years after diagnosis

People with common cancer types are expected to live for 10 years after diagnosis
People, who develop skin, breast and prostate cancers are most likely to survive 10 years after diagnosis.

For example, 96.4 percent of women diagnosed with breast cancer in 2009-13 lived for at least a year, while 86.7 percent survived for five years, the largest numbers on record. For men, survival rates at one year and five years are highest for those with testicular cancer. Women diagnosed with melanoma of the skin have the best chance of the same highest one-year and five-year outcomes. Rebecca Smittenaar, Cancer Research UK’s statistics manager said, ‘Cancer survival is improving and has doubled over the last 40 years. For a number of cancers, including breast and skin cancer, more than eight out of 10 people will survive their disease.’ ‘Research has led to better treatments, new drugs, more accurate tests, earlier diagnosis and screening programmes, giving patients a better chance of survival,’ she added. For example, one-year survival for breast cancer has crept up from 95 percent for those diagnosed in 2007-11 to 96.4 percent of those who developed it in 2009-13, while five-year survival rose over the same period from 85 percent to 86.7 percent. Here are the latest advances in cancer treatments.

Source: ANI

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