Common cancers and their 5-year survival rates (a collation of surveys)
| Cancer | % |
|---|---|
| Testicular | 98 |
| Prostate | 95 |
| Thyroid | 92 |
| Breast (female) | 91 |
| Melanoma | 91 |
| Hodgkin lymphoma | 87 |
| Uterus | 84 |
| Bladder | 77 |
| Colon | 72 |
| Non-Hodgkin lymphoma | 72 |
| Ovary | 41 |
| Stomach | 33 |
| Liver | 20 |
| Lung | 19 |
| Pancreas | 1 |
POTENTIALLY CURABLE MALIGNANT TUMOURS
Several tumours are curable by chemotherapy even in the advanced stage. Such tumours are as follows.
Haematological tumours
- Some lymphomas
- Hodgkin lymphoma
- Acute lymphatic leukaemia
- Acute myeloid leukaemia
Solid tumours
- Choriocarcinoma
- Testicular teratoma
- Neuroblastoma
- Wilms tumour (nephroblastoma)
- Burkitt tumour
- Embryonal rhabdomyosarcoma
Tumours curable by adjuvant chemotherapy
- Breast cancer (especially up to stage 2)
- Osteogenic cancer
- Soft tissue cancer
- Colorectal cancer