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Survey: Ten-year cancer survival rate in 14 years old and below higher than adults

By on January 25, 2024

A survey by the National Cancer Center released yesterday found that cancer patients who are 14 years old or younger are 70-90 percent more likely to survive ten years than adults.

In 360,000 patients including adults that were diagnosed in 2011 to have cancer, the overall 10-year survival rate was estimated to be 53.5% based on the assumption that they would not die of causes unrelated to cancer. The rate remained unchanged for 2010 survey.

The rates in which children may survive ten years vary according to the disease: 86.6% for leukemia, 91.5% for lymphoma, 71.7% for brain cancer and 71.4 % for bone cancer.

In cancer patients (predominantly female) aged 15 to 39, the likelihood of living up to ten years is 84% for those with breast cancer and 87.7% for uterine or cervical cancer.

Their five-year survival rate was 5 to 6 percentage points lower for some cancers but not significantly lower for others.

 

 

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