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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 May 15.
Published in final edited form as: Cancer. 2013 Feb 13;119(10):1900–1907. doi: 10.1002/cncr.27968

Table 4.

Comparison of Five-year Relative Survival and Disease-Specific Survival

Characteristics Breast Colorectum Lung Melanoma Prostate Pancreas
RS CSS RS CSS RS CSS RS CSS RS CSS RS CSS
Overall 74.2 74.7 57.6 58.1 13.3 16.1 88.4 88.0 49.3 48.2 2.8 3.7
Age (years)
 18-49 75.6 76.4 57.5 59.4 13.8 16.8 91.6 92.0 43.5 45.1 5.5 6.9
 50-74 74.1 74.9 57.4 58.7 13.8 16.9 86.5 85.3 52.8 52.8 2.6 3.5
 75-90 70.8 70.9 58.0 56.9 10.9 13.2 78.4 79.7 40.4 38.7 2.0 2.9
Sex
 Male 68.7 73.0 55.6 56.2 11.3 14.1 85.0 84.6 49.3 48.2 2.6 3.4
 Female 74.2 74.7 59.5 59.9 16.1 19.0 92.1 91.8 - - 3.0 3.9
Race
 White 75.6 75.9 58.3 58.5 13.6 16.4 88.1 87.8 50.5 48.9 2.7 3.4
 Black 60.3 62.1 48.1 49.7 10.2 13.0 67.0 70.8 41.3 41.4 2.0 3.3
 Other 77.1 78.7 60.5 62.8 13.9 17.0 97.2 94.6 53.1 55.1 4.8 6.6
AJCC 6th Tumor Stage
 I - - 95.0 93.1 - - 98.1 96.6 - - 14.9 15.5
 IA - - - - 58.6 64.0 - - - - - -
 IB - - - - 42.3 45.8 - - - - - -
II - - - - - - 68.6 70.2 - - 5.6 6.1
 IIA 89.8 89.1 83.0 81.8 33.7 38.0 - - - - - -
 IIB 76.2 76.7 68.3 68.5 22.1 26.1 - - - - - -
III - - - - - - 46.9 47.7 - - 1.7 2.4
 IIIA 63.1 63.9 83.5 81.2 11.3 13.6 - - - - - -
 IIIB 36.5 39.2 59.9 59.3 4.7 6.1 - - - - - -
 IIIC 40.0 40.4 - - - - - -
IV 17.0 19.2 5.4 6.3 1.3 2.0 10.9 15.8 49.3 48.2 0.6 1.3
Multiple primaries
 First and only 74.2 74.7 57.6 58.1 13.3 16.1 88.4 88.0 49.3 48.2 2.8 3.7
 With multiple primaries
(excluded first and only)
78.4 81.5 68.8 72.2 32.3 39.2 90.0 91.3 59.7 69.4 7.4 11.6

Abbreviations: AJCC, American Joint Committee on Cancer; CSS, disease-specific survival; RS, relative survival.