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. 2005 Sep;1(3):84–92. doi: 10.1200/jop.2005.1.3.84

Table 4.

Relative 5-year survival rates for patients with invasive cancer: Hoag and national SEER data for different time periods

Hoag Relative 5-Year Survival (%) SEER Relative 5-Year Survival (%) Hoag Relative 5-year Survival (%) SEER Relative 5-Year Survival (%)
1986-1991 1986-1991 1992-1999 1992-1999
Breast 89 84 95 88
Colon 66 62 72 63
Rectal 68 60 83 62
Esophagus 3 11 15 15
Liver 4 11 15 7
Melanoma 86 87 92 90
Pancreas 0 3 7 4
Stomach 12 19 29 21
Thyroid 90 95 98 96
Cervix 70 71 76 73
Uterus 90 85 89 86
Ovary 39 44 57 52
Bladder 78 82 87 83
Kidney 64 59 66 63
Prostate 92 87 100 98
Testis 88 95 99 96
Lung 20 14 24 15
Larynx 83 68 85 67
Oral cavity 58 55 67 60
Brain 25 28 26 32
Hodgkin's 92 81 84 85
Leukemia 24 41 45 48
Lymphoma 55 52 59 57
Myeloma 30 28 38 31
All patients 63 58 71 64
*

Excludes in situ cancer, except for bladder cancer; includes unknown stage at diagnosis, and other less common tumor types that are not listed in the table; so columns do not add up to the numbers on the bottom line.