What are the survival rates for cancer?

"Survival Rates for Cancer" basics

There are many factors when it comes to "Survival rates for cancer". At what stage was the cancer discovered? For example mammograms are used as a preventative measure against breast cancer. Older men are routinely screened for PSA in their blood as a way of early detection of prostate cancer. Other cancers are harder to detect, such as lung cancer, ovarian cancer to name a few. Good screening practices are in development for these cancers as well as many others. Early detection generally means a better survival rate for most cancers-not all of them though. Another factor is age, children's survival rates on average for cancer-in general, are as high as 80%. Older and elderly people have a higher mortality rate in comparison. Another factor is if the cancer is discovered, how big is it? Has is grown quickly? Has it spread to other areas of the body? All of that will affect survial rates for cancer. Survival rates vary widely around the world and vary depending on the prevelance of a specific type of cancer in a specific country. For example, cervival cancer is the number one cancer for women in Morroco, which is not the case in the United States-which also happens to have pap smears as a standard form of a woman's gynecological exam, and are excellent for early detection of extrodinarily early abnormal cervical cancerous cells which can be treated. I would hazard a guess, based on the statistics that that is not the case for women in Morroco-to make sure, I would go to the World Health Organization's web site for the most current statistics. Here are some web sites that may help:

www.nih.gov web site of the National Institute of Health www.who.org web site of the World Health Organization