Survival rate after 10 years of diagnosis of "cancer" improves year by year 58.3% November 19, 15:48

Research groups such as the National Cancer Center have announced that the 10-year survival rate of people diagnosed with cancer at major cancer hospitals nationwide was 58.3% in the latest aggregate.

The 10-year survival rate is improving year by year, but experts say that it is necessary to pay close attention to whether the spread of the new coronavirus will affect the refraining from seeing a doctor.

The research group analyzed data on more than 94,000 people diagnosed with cancer at 21 major cancer hospitals nationwide in the four years up to 2007.



As a result, the overall survival rate after 10 years, which is an index for measuring the effectiveness of cancer medical treatment, was 58.3%.



The 10-year survival rate is


56.3% for those diagnosed in the four years up to 2005 and


57.2% for those up to 2006, and is improving year by year.



Looking at the newly announced survival rates by cancer type,


the highest was


▽ prostate cancer 98.8%,


followed by


▽ female breast cancer 86.8%,


▽ thyroid cancer 85.7%,


▽ endometrial cancer Is 81.6%.



On the other hand,


▽ pancreatic cancer is the lowest at 6.2%,


▽ liver cancer is 16.1%,


▽ cholangiocarcinoma / bile duct cancer is 19.1%,


▽ esophageal cancer is 31.8%,


▽ lung cancer is 32.4%, etc. I will.



On the website of the National Cancer Center Council, you can also see data that summarizes the survival rate by stage for each cancer site.

Yoko Nakamura, a senior researcher at the Chiba Cancer Center who analyzed the data, said, "The survival rate is improving year by year due to technological advances such as the development of new drugs for cancers that are difficult to treat, and that trend is expected to continue. However, it is necessary to pay close attention to whether the refraining from seeing a doctor due to the spread of the new coronavirus will affect the survival rate in the future. "

There is also "[Detailed data] 10-year cancer survival rate by type and stage" in "I want to read together".

Please look.