List of cancer mortality rates

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Percentage of patients deceased five years after diagnosis:

1. Pancreatic cancer - 97%
2. Liver cancer - 95%
3. Esophageal cancer - 92%
4. Lung cancer - 87%
5. Stomach cancer - 83%
6. Brain cancer - 75%
7. Ovarian cancer - 61%
8. Oral cancer - 49%
9. Kidney cancer - 47%
10. Rectal cancer - 46%
11. Colon cancer - 43%
12. Laryngeal cancer - 34%
13. Cervical cancer - 34%
14. Prostate cancer - 26%
15. Breast cancer - 23%
16. Bladder cancer - 22%
17. Skin cancer - 19%
18. Uterine cancer - 17%
19. Thyroid cancer - 6%

[edit] Source

• Kipfer, Barbara Ann. The Order of Things (Revised Edition), Random House, N.Y. 1998

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