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Your pancreatic cancer prognosis and life expectancy depend a lot on the cancer stage. Learn about progression, factors that influence your outlook, and more.
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.).
Long-term prognosis for pancreatic cancer depends on the size and type of the tumor, lymph node involvement and degree of metastasis (spread) at the time of diagnosis. The earlier pancreatic cancer is diagnosed and treated, the better the prognosis.
Pancreatic cancer is the tenth most common cancer, according to the National Cancer Institute. However, it has the third highest mortality rate, behind lung and colon cancer. The overall survival...
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.
According to the National Cancer Institute, pancreatic cancer accounts for 3.2% of all new cancer cases, but it causes nearly 8% of all cancer deaths. And the five-year survival rate for pancreatic cancer is just 10.8%. Here are five things everyone should know about this deadly cancer:
Based on people diagnosed with pancreatic cancer between 2013 and 2019, SEER data on life expectancy shows: Localized pancreatic cancer that is contained within the pancreas has a five-year relative survival rate of 44.3 percent.