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Cancer Survival Increasing

Cancer Survival Increasing. Advances in cancer treatments have contributed to an increase in survival rates. 5-Year Relative Survival Rates for Cancers in U.S. 1. “. Increases in the number of cancer drugs since 1975 account for 50% – 60% of the increase in age-adjusted survival rates. 2

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Cancer Survival Increasing

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  1. Cancer Survival Increasing Advances in cancer treatments have contributed to an increase in survival rates 5-Year Relative Survival Rates for Cancers in U.S.1 “ Increases in the number of cancer drugs since 1975 account for 50%–60% of the increase in age-adjusted survival rates.2 – F. Lichtenberg, Columbia University “ Note: Survival rates are adjusted for normal life expectancy. Sources: 1Ries LAG et al. (eds). “SEER Cancer Statistics Review, 1975-2005,” National Cancer Institute, based on November 2007 SEER data submission, posted to the SEER web site, 2008; 2F. Lichtenberg, “The Expanding Pharmaceutical Arsenal in the War on Cancer,” NBER Working Paper 10328, 2004.

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