Table 2.

Five-year relative survival rates (%) for patients with microscopically-confirmed renal cell carcinoma by race, gender, and time period, SEER-17, 1985–2004, with follow-up through 2005.

	White men		White women		African American men		African American women
Stage at diagnosis	1985–1994	1995–2004	1985–1994	1995–2004	1985–1994	1995–2004	1985–1994	1995–2004
Total invasive	64.3	70.6	66.1	74.6	58.2	66.6	63.3	70.1
Localized	90.5	92.0	89.3	93.4	81.4	85.8	87.2	88.1
Regional	62.1	64.2	60.6	63.8	54.8	55.0	50.4	55.3
Distant	9.6	10.0	8.5	8.3	7.9	7.2	4.3	11.3
Unstaged	47.2	56.0	41.4	44.3	26.9	35.3	46.2	41.3