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LOS ANGELES, Calif. – (January 17, 2024) – The five-year survival rate for pancreatic cancer has increased to 13%, up for the third year in a row according to the American Cancer Society’s Cancer Facts & Figures 2024 released today.
The SEER database tracks 5-year relative survival rates for pancreatic cancer in the United States, based on how far the cancer has spread. The SEER database, however, does not group cancers by AJCC TNM stages (stage 1, stage 2, stage 3, etc.).
Five-Year Survival Rate. The combined five-year survival rate for pancreatic cancer — the percentage of all patients who are living five years after diagnosis — is 12 percent. This is because far more people are diagnosed as stage IV when the disease has metastasized.
For the third year in the row, the five-year survival rate for pancreatic cancer has increased one percentage point, according to the American Cancer Society’s Cancer Facts & Figures 2024 Report released today. Now at 13%, this steady progress in survival means more hope for people diagnosed with this tough disease.
Most people diagnosed with pancreatic cancer are no longer alive five years after diagnosis. For all stages of pancreatic cancer, the one-year relative survival is 28.8% and the five-year rate is 7.9%. Pancreatic cancer is so deadly because it’s difficult to screen the pancreas for cancers.
The ACS report shares that 62,210 people in the US will be diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in 2022, a 2.8% increase from last year and a steadfast reminder of how important it is for each of us to take action today.
In the past 20 years, the five-year survival rate among people with pancreatic cancer has doubled and is now 13%. The devastating illness is typically diagnosed in late stages once cancer has...