Comments on: roughly what percentage of americans with cancer, survive? http://www.thewordishope.com/roughly-what-percentage-of-americans-with-cancer-survive/ Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 04 Jan 2012 00:42:33 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Samantha http://www.thewordishope.com/roughly-what-percentage-of-americans-with-cancer-survive/comment-page-1/#comment-1066 Samantha Thu, 08 Oct 2009 19:08:10 +0000 http://www.thewordishope.com/roughly-what-percentage-of-americans-with-cancer-survive/#comment-1066 Good facts Lucy. May I also point out that survival rates are computed as a group. Meaning these are the rates for a certain group of people. It does not always follow that a person getting cancer that has a 90% survival rate means he or she is already ok. The cancer can vary from person to person so there may be cases that the rate may be different. Good facts Lucy. May I also point out that survival rates are computed as a group. Meaning these are the rates for a certain group of people. It does not always follow that a person getting cancer that has a 90% survival rate means he or she is already ok. The cancer can vary from person to person so there may be cases that the rate may be different.

]]> By: Lucy L http://www.thewordishope.com/roughly-what-percentage-of-americans-with-cancer-survive/comment-page-1/#comment-446 Lucy L Mon, 31 Aug 2009 03:57:44 +0000 http://www.thewordishope.com/roughly-what-percentage-of-americans-with-cancer-survive/#comment-446 I think you will find that survival statistics will normally be analyzed by type of cancer. A rough number is fairly meaningless. For instance, the survival from certain kinds of skin cancer is almost 100%. On the other hand, liver and pancreatic cancer have very high mortality rates. Here is a US government web site with survival rates for various types of cancer. http://surveillance.cancer.gov/statistics/types/survival.html Note, too, that cancer survival is normally expressed in terms of 5 year, 10 year, etc. survival. So, you need to take into account how many years' survival you are talking about, as well as the type of cancer. You could, for instance, combine statistics for 5 year survival for breast and ovarian cancer to get an average. Certainly, that would be more meaningful than averaging the 5 year survival for all types of cancer. I think you will find that survival statistics will normally be analyzed by type of cancer. A rough number is fairly meaningless. For instance, the survival from certain kinds of skin cancer is almost 100%. On the other hand, liver and pancreatic cancer have very high mortality rates.

Here is a US government web site with survival rates for various types of cancer.
http://surveillance.cancer.gov/statistics/types/survival.html

Note, too, that cancer survival is normally expressed in terms of 5 year, 10 year, etc. survival. So, you need to take into account how many years’ survival you are talking about, as well as the type of cancer.

You could, for instance, combine statistics for 5 year survival for breast and ovarian cancer to get an average. Certainly, that would be more meaningful than averaging the 5 year survival for all types of cancer.

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