Five-year relative survival rates of pancreatic, female breast, and small-cell lung and bronchus cancers
The relative survival rate represents the probability of a patient living for another five years, as compared to a random person of the same age, race, and sex.See http://seer.cancer.gov/csr/1975_2000/results_merged/topic_survival.pdf for more information.- Christine Bahls
Mar 14, 2004

The relative survival rate represents the probability of a patient living for another five years, as compared to a random person of the same age, race, and sex.
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- Christine Bahls
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