2009.03.09

Prognosis by the Numbers

According to the American Cancer Society,  the five-year-out survival rate for stage 3C colon cancer is 44% based on data collected between 1991 and 2000. If I had been stage 4, the rate drops to 8%. Thank god we cought it before it went to stage 4! They say that since then, treatments have improved and so these numbers should be going up. And there’s also factors they haven’t broken out such as age, general health, and complications. So I believe my chances are much better than the 44% predicted, but it does give one pause.

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