Table 4.
Five-year Survival Rates for the Major Cancers Among Populations in the US, Japan, China and Thailand
| Cancer site | US White |
Japan Osaka (1994) | China |
Thailand |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| (1986-91) | (1992-98) | Qidong (1982-91) | Shanghai (1988-91) | Chiang Mai (1983-92) | Khon Kaen (1985-92) | ||
| Stomach | 20 | 21 | 48 | 17 | 28 | 9 | 17 |
| Lung | 16 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 14 | 3 | 9 |
| Liver | 10 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 |
| Colon/rectum | 62 | 62 | 58* | 30 | 46 | 36 | 29 |
| Esophagus | 13 | 15 | 18 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 27 |
| Female breast | 84 | 88 | 80 | 56 | 73 | 63 | 47 |
| Cervix | 70 | 72 | 68** | 42 | 62 | 65 | 55 |
| Leukemia | 48 | 47 | 29 | 5 | 17 | 10 | 17 |
*
Includes ICD-10 C18-C21
**
Includes ICD-10 C53-C55