Report-at-a-Glance

Life After Cancer

All trend segments are statistically significant unless noted as stable.

	Survival	Costs of Cancer Care
Measure	Percent of cancer patients surviving cancer 5 years after their diagnosis	Cancer treatment spending as a percent of total U.S. treatment spending
Period	1975-1996	1963-1995
Trend
Desired Direction
Most Recent Estimate	1996: 64% of cancer patients survived cancer 5 years after their diagnosis.	1995: 4.7% of total U.S. treatment spending was for cancer treatment.
Target From Healthy People 2010 Report	70%	No target
Progress Relative to Healthy People 2010 Target		No comparison possible
More Information	Survival	Costs of Cancer Care

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