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2. Brain metastasis - Wikipedia

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   A brain metastasis is a cancer that has metastasized (spread) to the brain from another location in the body and is therefore considered a secondary brain tumor. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The metastasis typically shares a cancer cell type with the original site of the cancer. [ 3 ]

3. List of cancer mortality rates in the United States - Wikipedia

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   In the United States during 2013–2017, the age-adjusted mortality rate for all types of cancer was 189.5/100,000 for males, and 135.7/100,000 for females. [1] Below is an incomplete list of age-adjusted mortality rates for different types of cancer in the United States from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results program.

4. Melanoma - Wikipedia

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   The five-year survival rate is less than 10%. [150] The median survival is 6–12 months. Treatment is palliative, focusing on life extension and quality of life. In some cases, patients may live many months or even years with metastatic melanoma (depending on the aggressiveness of the treatment). Metastases to skin and lungs have a better ...

5. Melanoma ‘no longer the leading cause of skin cancer deaths’

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   In the UK, around 147,000 new cases of non-melanoma skin cancer are diagnosed each year, the NHS says. The disease affects more men than women and is more common in the elderly.

6. Cancer survival rates - Wikipedia

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   The American Cancer Society reports 5-year relative survival rates of over 70% for women with stage 0-III breast cancer with a 5-year relative survival rate close to 100% for women with stage 0 or stage I breast cancer. The 5-year relative survival rate drops to 22% for women with stage IV breast cancer. [3] In cancer types with high survival ...

7. Brain tumor - Wikipedia

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   The average five-year survival rate for all (malignant) brain cancers in the United States is 33%. [4] Secondary, or metastatic, brain tumors are about four times as common as primary brain tumors, [2] [10] with about half of metastases coming from lung cancer. [2]