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Table 32.22
SEERa 5-Year Relative Survival (Percent) for the Top 5 Cancer Sitesb by Age
All Races, Females, 1975-2009
| Site | 1975-2009 | 1975-1981 | 1982-1988 | 1989-1995 | 1996-2002 | 2003-2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Malignant Cancers | 82.2 | 76.4 | 80.8 | 81.8 | 84.9 | 86.3 |
| Hodgkin Lymphoma | 92.8 | 90.6 | 88.6 | 93.9 | 95.7 | 95.8 |
| Thyroid | 99.1 | 99.4 | 99.4 | 99.5 | 97.6 | 99.5 |
| Melanoma of the Skin | 95.0 | 87.4 | 93.4 | 94.9 | 98.4 | 98.9 |
| Brain and Other Nervous System | 77.2 | 68.9 | 77.6 | 76.4 | 85.4 | 74.9 |
| Ovary | 87.6 | 76.3 | 92.8 | 87.2 | 94.5 | 87.1 |
| Site | 1975-2009 | 1975-1981 | 1982-1988 | 1989-1995 | 1996-2002 | 2003-2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Malignant Cancers | 84.7 | 79.7 | 84.1 | 85.1 | 86.2 | 87.9 |
| Thyroid | 99.7 | 99.2 | 99.6 | 99.4 | 99.7 | 100.0 |
| Melanoma of the Skin | 96.0 | 90.7 | 96.4 | 96.6 | 97.1 | 98.5 |
| Hodgkin Lymphoma | 92.1 | 87.7 | 91.9 | 91.7 | 94.0 | 95.5 |
| Cervix Uteri | 88.1 | 88.7 | 88.8 | 86.4 | 90.1 | 86.3 |
| Brain and Other Nervous System | 67.1 | 64.1 | 63.4 | 66.2 | 67.0 | 68.9 |
| Site | 1975-2009 | 1975-1981 | 1982-1988 | 1989-1995 | 1996-2002 | 2003-2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Malignant Cancers | 84.1 | 80.4 | 81.6 | 83.1 | 86.6 | 88.8 |
| Thyroid | 99.8 | 99.7 | 99.7 | 99.7 | 99.9 | 99.7 |
| Melanoma of the Skin | 95.6 | 90.8 | 94.2 | 96.5 | 97.1 | 98.2 |
| Breast | 73.5 | 69.3 | 67.0 | 71.1 | 79.7 | 84.2 |
| Cervix Uteri | 87.2 | 89.0 | 86.6 | 87.1 | 88.3 | 83.7 |
| Hodgkin Lymphoma | 92.5 | 86.8 | 91.8 | 94.8 | 92.2 | 96.6 |
| Site | 1975-2009 | 1975-1981 | 1982-1988 | 1989-1995 | 1996-2002 | 2003-2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Malignant Cancers | 81.2 | 76.3 | 77.7 | 80.6 | 83.9 | 86.7 |
| Breast | 76.5 | 70.2 | 71.2 | 75.9 | 81.2 | 85.3 |
| Thyroid | 99.7 | 99.5 | 99.2 | 99.7 | 99.9 | 99.5 |
| Melanoma of the Skin | 95.3 | 92.0 | 94.1 | 94.4 | 96.7 | 98.5 |
| Cervix Uteri | 84.9 | 84.2 | 83.3 | 84.1 | 88.1 | 85.1 |
| Hodgkin Lymphoma | 90.7 | 84.1 | 89.0 | 91.5 | 92.0 | 95.1 |
| Site | 1975-2009 | 1975-1981 | 1982-1988 | 1989-1995 | 1996-2002 | 2003-2009 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Malignant Cancers | 79.4 | 71.7 | 75.5 | 78.5 | 82.2 | 86.1 |
| Breast | 80.9 | 73.8 | 76.2 | 80.6 | 84.6 | 87.4 |
| Thyroid | 99.7 | 99.4 | 98.9 | 99.6 | 99.7 | 99.7 |
| Melanoma of the Skin | 95.6 | 91.5 | 95.1 | 94.1 | 97.3 | 97.6 |
| Cervix Uteri | 81.7 | 79.4 | 80.4 | 80.5 | 85.0 | 82.8 |
| Corpus and Uterus, NOS | 90.5 | 92.3 | 91.7 | 88.8 | 90.6 | 90.0 |
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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