CDC: More surviving cancer, living longer
Friday, June 25, 2004 Posted: 1:52 PM EDT (1752 GMT)
ATLANTA, Georgia (AP) -- The number of cancer survivors in the United States has more than tripled to almost 10 million over the past three decades because of advances in detection and treatment, the government said.
Also, patients diagnosed between 1995 and 2000 have an estimated 64 percent chance of surviving five years, compared with a 50 percent rate -- a coin toss -- three decades ago, a study by National Cancer Institute and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found.
Article: http://www.cnn.com/2004/HEALTH/conditions/06/25/cancer.survival.ap/index.html