Sunday, July 25, 2010

Chances

Here's a quote on survival from the NIH.

"The survival statistics presented here are based on relative survival, which measures the survival of the cancer patients in comparison to the general population to estimate the effect of cancer. The overall 5-year relative survival for 1999-2006 from 17 SEER geographic areas was 82.7%.

Stage Distribution and 5-year Relative Survival by Stage at Diagnosis for
1999-2006, All Races, Females
Stage at Diagnosis Stage
Distribution (%)
5-year
Relative Survival (%)
Localized (confined to primary site) 69 95.5
Regional (spread to regional lymphnodes) 19 67.5
Distant (cancer has metastasized) 8 17.1
Unknown (unstaged) 4 55.5"

So my chances actually look pretty good.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

great