Cancer Survival Rates are Improving!

A recent story from The Hamilton Spectator says cancer survival rates are going up. The explanation for this improvement, according to radiation oncologist Dr. Raimond Wong, is "an increase in early detection and improved treatments."

Below is a list of the five-year recovery rates for various cancers, from 1992-94 and then 2004-06. You can see the dramatic headway medicine is making in the battle against cancer

Cancer	1992-1994 Five-Year Recovery Rate	2004-2006 Five-Year Recovery Rate
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma	51%	63%
Leukemia	44%	54%
Liver cancer	9%	17%
Colorectal	56%	63%
Prostate cancer	86%	95%
Breast cancer	82%	88%

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