Table 1. Median (range) rating scores of the likelihood of cancer curability today.

Cancer type	Stage I	Stage II	Stage III	Stage IV
Thyroid	9 (8–9)	8 (7–9)	7 (6–9)	5 (1–7)
Colon/rectum	9 (8–9)	8 (7–8)	5 (3–6)	1.5 (1–3)
Kidney	9 (7–9)	8 (6–8)	5 (4–6)	2 (1–2)
Uterus	9 (8–9)	8 (7–8)	5 (5–7)	1 (1–3)
Anus	9 (8–9)	8 (6–8)	5 (5–7)	1 (1–3)
Head and neck	9 (7–9)	7.5 (6–8)	5 (3–6)	3 (1–5)
Breast	9 (7–9)	7.5 (6–8)	5.5 (4–6)	1 (1–2)
Cervix	9 (8–9)	7 (6–8)	5 (4–6)	1 (1–3)
Melanoma	9 (8–9)	7 (6–8)	4 (3–6)	1.5 (1–8)
Prostate	8.5 (7–9)	8 (7–9)	5.5 (4–8)	1 (1–5)
Sarcoma	8 (6–8)	7 (4–7)	4 (2–5)	1 (1–2)
Ovary	8 (7–9)	7 (5–8)	3 (2–5)	1 (1–3)
Bladder	8.5 (7–9)	6.5 (6–8)	4 (3–5)	1 (1–2)
Urothelial tract	8 (6–9)	5.5 (5–7)	4 (3–5)	1.5 (1–3)
Lung	7 (6–9)	5 (3–8)	3 (1–5)	1 (1–2)
Stomach	7 (6–8)	4.5 (2–7)	2 (1–5)	1 (1–1)
Esophagus	7 (5–8)	4 (3–7)	2 (1–5)	1 (1–1)
Gallbladder	5 (4–6)	3 (2–5)	2 (1–3)	1 (1–1)
Liver/intrahepatic bile duct	4 (2–7)	3 (2–7)	1.5 (1–5)	1 (1–1)
Pancreas	4 (3–7)	2.5 (1–5)	1 (1–3)	1 (1–1)

Experts were asked to rate how likely they believed a cancer could be “cured” today in each stage, defined as the receipt of effective treatment such that a population of individuals who are “cured” would have the same life expectancy as a population that never had the cancer being considered. Curability was rated on a scale of 1 to 9: extremely unlikely = 1; somewhat unlikely = 3; neutral, neither likely nor unlikely = 5; somewhat likely = 7; extremely likely = 9.