What Are the Survival Rates for Stomach Cancer?
These facts are from the American Cancer Society’s Cancer Facts & Figures 2010. Here are the five-year relative survival rates (the percentage of people who live at least five years after diagnosis) based on how advanced the cancer is. • If doctors find the stomach cancer in early stages when the cancer is still only in the stomach, the five-year survival rate is about 63 percent. • If doctors find the stomach cancer when it has spread to areas near the stomach or to nearby lymph nodes, the five-year survival rate is about 27 percent. • If doctors find the stomach cancer when it has spread far away from the stomach, the five-year survival rate is about 3 percent. • For all stages of stomach cancer combined, the five-year survival rate is about 26 percent. Where the cancer begins may also affect the survival rate. For example, the five-year survival rate for cancers of the upper stomach is lower than for cancers in the lower stomach. Survival rates are based on large groups of people. T
