Breast Cancer Cure Rate

Some Patients With Cancer May Want To Know The Survival Statistics For People In Similar Situations, While Others May Not Want To Know Them. It's Up To You If You Want To Read About Survival Statistics Below To Breast Cancer.

Many Of The Patients Lived Longer Than 5 Years After Diagnosis. This Refers To The Percentage Of Patients Who Live At Least 5 Years After Being Diagnosed With Cancer. But, People Who Are Diagnosed With Cancer May Die Of Other Factors, And These Figures Do Not Account For The Fact That Some Deaths From Causes Other Than Breast Cancer.

To Get A 5-Year Survival Rate, Physicians Should Look At People Who Treated At Least 5 Years Ago. Improvements In Treatment Since Then May Produce A More Favorable Outlook For People Now Being Diagnosed With (Cancer).

Survival Rates Are Often Based On Previous Results Of A Large Number Of People Who Have This Disease, But They Can Not Predict What Will Happen In Case Of Any Particular Person. Many Other Factors Can Affect One's View, Such A Class Of Cancer And The Presence Of Hormone Receptors On Cancer Cells.

The Figures Below Come From The National Cancer Data Base, And Is Based On People Diagnosed With Breast Cancer In 2001 And 2002.
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v  Stage 0 survival rate 93%
v  Stage 1 survival rate of 88%
v  Stage 2A survival rate of 81%
v  Stage 2B survival rate of 74%
v  Stage 3A survival rate of 67%
v  Stage 3B survival rate of 41%
v  Stage 3C survival rate of 49%
v  Stage 4 survival rate of 15%

REMEMBER THAT THESE ARE ESTIMATES ONLY. SOME ACTUALLY LIVE LONGER THAN 7 YEARS, DEPENDING ON TREATMENT AND LIFESTYLE CHANGES THEY MAKE.



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