Cancer patients are getting an extra dose of hope. According to the American Cancer Society's annual report on cancer facts and trends, seven in ten people now survive their cancer five-years or more, up from only half in the mid-70s.
Lead author, Rebecca Siegel, says this is largely the result of decades of cancer research that provide clinicians with the tools to treat the disease more effectively.
In many cases it’s turning many cancers from a death sentence into a chronic disease. The stats show that for the first time, the five-year survival rate for all cancers combined reached 70-percent for people diagnosed from 2015 to 2021 in the US.
The data reveals survival gains are most notable for people diagnosed with more deadly cancers, such as myeloma, liver cancer, and lung cancer.
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