Sep 15, 2010 - According to new data from the Canadian Cancer Registry, the long-term prognosis has generally improved for most types of cancer since the 1990s –sometimes markedly.
That's up slightly from 60 percent for cancers diagnosed in the 1998 to 2000 period. In the 1994 to 1996 period, the ratio was 57 percent.The 10-year survival rate is almost as high as the five-year rate — it's estimated at 58 percent for cancers diagnosed in the 2004 to 2006 period.
"A diagnosis of cancer does not usually mean that death is imminent," the study notes.
Cancer incidence data was taken from the July 2010 version of the Canadian Cancer Registry, a database that is maintained by Statistics Canada. Mortality figures have been calculated for people aged 15 to 99.
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