| Cancer is a disease that is often reversible when | | | | of cancer and the later stages of cancer. Most |
| it is caught during the early stages. Normal cells in | | | | individuals who are diagnosed with the disease do |
| the body often become unhealthy. When normal | | | | not want to know overall cancer survival rates. |
| cells in the body become unhealthy they die and | | | | Most individuals who are diagnosed with this |
| new cells are formed. However, when a person | | | | disease want to know more specific survival |
| has cancer, abnormal cells do not die. Abnormal | | | | rates. |
| cells reproduce when a person has cancer. | | | | Doctors and cancer organizations may be able to |
| There are many types of cancer. When a person | | | | tell someone who is diagnosed with cancer the |
| develops cancer the disease spreads through the | | | | survival rates for the specific condition the person |
| blood or lymph nodes to other areas of the body. | | | | has. |
| The disease is often discovered before it moves | | | | Many discoveries have been found for treating |
| to other areas of the body. Cancer that is | | | | cancer. Many years ago when a person was |
| discovered before it reaches the later stages is | | | | diagnosed with the disease the outcome looked |
| often treatable. | | | | grim; however, today many individuals will fight |
| Cancer survival rates allow a person to know the | | | | cancer and live to tell about it. Many doctors |
| percentage of individuals who have survived a | | | | screen for the disease at regular examinations; |
| certain kind of cancer for a certain amount of | | | | therefore many individuals discover that they |
| time. Cancer survival rates that are an overall | | | | have cancer early on in the disease. Individuals |
| rate include all races and ages. Overall rates also | | | | who discover they have the disease early during |
| include individuals diagnosed during the early stages | | | | the disease often will survive. |