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Cancer Survivorship Facts
- 25 years ago, only one child in ten survived cancer. Today, seven out of ten children who develop cancer are alive five years after diagnosis.
- 20 years ago, testicular cancer (the leading cause of cancer death among young men aged 15 to 35), was almost always fatal. Today, about 90% of men who get testicular cancer are cured.
- In U.S. women, the overall breast cancer death rate fell 6.3% between 1991 and 1995, and 9.3% in women under age 65. This comes from improvements in both mammography and treatment.
- The five-year survival rate for localized breast cancer is now 97%.
- If detected early, uterine cancer has an 83% five-year survival rate and colorectal cancer in women has a 91% survival rate. For cervical cancer, the five-year survival rate is 91% for localized disease. Unfortunately, only about half of cervical cancers are detected early.
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