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Table 32.20
SEERa 5-Year Relative Survival (Percent) for the Top 5 Cancer Sitesb by Age
All Races, Both Sexes, 1975-2009
| Site | 1975-2009 | 1975-1981 | 1982-1988 | 1989-1995 | 1996-2002 | 2003-2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Malignant Cancers | 77.4 | 68.7 | 75.5 | 77.6 | 80.1 | 84.5 |
| Hodgkin Lymphoma | 91.9 | 88.3 | 88.3 | 92.9 | 95.4 | 97.1 |
| Brain and Other Nervous System | 72.8 | 62.5 | 71.2 | 75.3 | 78.4 | 75.7 |
| Thyroid | 98.7 | 99.5 | 98.1 | 99.6 | 97.7 | 98.1 |
| Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma | 71.1 | 52.4 | 66.7 | 68.1 | 77.0 | 83.6 |
| Testis | 90.0 | 75.9 | 91.0 | 90.7 | 93.0 | 95.9 |
| Site | 1975-2009 | 1975-1981 | 1982-1988 | 1989-1995 | 1996-2002 | 2003-2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Malignant Cancers | 80.4 | 74.5 | 77.7 | 80.1 | 83.4 | 85.7 |
| Hodgkin Lymphoma | 90.2 | 85.8 | 88.3 | 90.0 | 93.4 | 94.9 |
| Testis | 92.2 | 83.2 | 90.6 | 94.3 | 95.8 | 95.8 |
| Thyroid | 99.6 | 99.5 | 99.7 | 99.6 | 99.1 | 99.7 |
| Melanoma of the Skin | 92.3 | 85.0 | 89.6 | 95.0 | 94.9 | 96.4 |
| Brain and Other Nervous System | 65.8 | 56.9 | 61.8 | 68.0 | 68.4 | 71.2 |
| Site | 1975-2009 | 1975-1981 | 1982-1988 | 1989-1995 | 1996-2002 | 2003-2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Malignant Cancers | 78.7 | 76.3 | 74.7 | 73.8 | 83.6 | 86.1 |
| Melanoma of the Skin | 92.9 | 87.1 | 90.9 | 94.1 | 94.9 | 96.5 |
| Thyroid | 99.7 | 99.6 | 99.6 | 99.7 | 99.7 | 99.7 |
| Testis | 94.8 | 87.3 | 94.6 | 95.6 | 97.2 | 97.2 |
| Hodgkin Lymphoma | 90.0 | 85.1 | 88.3 | 90.2 | 92.0 | 95.7 |
| Breast | 73.4 | 69.3 | 67.1 | 71.0 | 79.7 | 83.9 |
| Site | 1975-2009 | 1975-1981 | 1982-1988 | 1989-1995 | 1996-2002 | 2003-2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Malignant Cancers | 74.9 | 73.4 | 69.6 | 68.0 | 80.6 | 84.5 |
| Breast | 76.6 | 70.3 | 71.3 | 75.9 | 81.3 | 85.3 |
| Melanoma of the Skin | 92.2 | 85.9 | 90.6 | 91.9 | 94.6 | 96.9 |
| Thyroid | 99.6 | 99.7 | 99.0 | 99.8 | 99.7 | 99.6 |
| Testis | 95.4 | 91.8 | 94.1 | 96.1 | 96.0 | 97.0 |
| Cervix Uteri | 84.9 | 84.2 | 83.3 | 84.1 | 88.1 | 85.1 |
| Site | 1975-2009 | 1975-1981 | 1982-1988 | 1989-1995 | 1996-2002 | 2003-2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Malignant Cancers | 72.9 | 67.5 | 66.9 | 67.2 | 78.1 | 82.9 |
| Breast | 80.9 | 73.9 | 76.2 | 80.7 | 84.7 | 87.4 |
| Melanoma of the Skin | 92.0 | 87.0 | 89.9 | 90.9 | 94.5 | 95.5 |
| Thyroid | 99.4 | 98.9 | 99.1 | 99.4 | 99.1 | 99.8 |
| Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma | 61.9 | 66.4 | 55.9 | 47.2 | 67.3 | 79.0 |
| Cervix Uteri | 81.7 | 79.4 | 80.4 | 80.5 | 85.0 | 82.8 |
Footnotes:
a SEER 9 areas (San Francisco, Connecticut, Detroit, Hawaii, Iowa, New Mexico, Seattle, Utah, Atlanta).
b Top 5 cancer sites selected based on 1975-2009 SEER 9 Incidence rates for the age group.
- Statistic could not be calculated due to fewer than 25 cases during the time period.
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