| One of the first things that a patient diagnosed | | | | that you will achieve a remission. What it cannot |
| with cancer does is find out the cancer survival | | | | predict is how proactive you will be in searching |
| rates for their cancer. Whilst this in itself is not | | | | out new treatments, how much you will be |
| necessarily a bad thing. It is only part of the | | | | prepared to change your diet and eat food less |
| story, any cancer patient has to learn how to | | | | likely to cause cancer. It cannot tell you how |
| survive the cancer statistics rather than learn how | | | | serious your condition is compared to your |
| to survive the cancer. It is a normal human | | | | individual self it can only make a comparison |
| reaction to want to know whether or not your | | | | across the national average. |
| type of cancer is typically easier to cure when | | | | What cancer survival treatment can show is how |
| compared to other types. However it is not | | | | most people with your type of cancer respond to |
| necessarily helpful because your doctor can only | | | | treatment. Armed with this information you can |
| predict the future based on a national average | | | | work out a treatment plan and work out the pros |
| which is by knows means your future. | | | | and cons of each and every option individually. No |
| The survival rates for cancer can be terrifying | | | | one can tell you whether or not you should treat |
| and misleading as well as downright depressing. It | | | | your treat your treatment aggressively or not, |
| is easy to see why some people give up and do | | | | but they can help you make up your mind as to |
| not get their full treatment options explained; | | | | what is likely to happen to the general population |
| therefore they cannot utilize their full range of | | | | at large if you don't. |
| options. It is one of life's constant ironies that at a | | | | One of the most important factors to take into |
| time when you are at your lowest ebb you have | | | | account when you are looking at five year |
| to be extremely positive. | | | | remission statistics is the fact that they are five |
| Not all cancer survival statistics are frightening | | | | years out of date. They cannot reflect new |
| some are extremely heartening. For instance the | | | | breakthroughs and types of treatment in the last |
| five year survival rate for prostate cancer is | | | | five years, and ten year studies are even more |
| ninety eight percent. Which in effect it means is | | | | out of date. Even taking into account those |
| that out of every hundred people who contract | | | | factors they cannot help you to decide on your |
| prostate cancer, at whatever age and whatever | | | | course of treatment because you have to take |
| stage of the cancer ninety eight of those will be | | | | into account your individual lifestyle. To put those |
| alive and well five years later and two will be | | | | statistics into any sort of meaningful way you |
| dead. | | | | need to approach your doctor and have them |
| Lung cancer has some frightening figures and | | | | explained to you in the light of your situation. |
| they include the fact that once lung cancer has | | | | How you view those statistics will have a bearing |
| metastasized or spread to the rest of the body, | | | | on your personal outcome regarding cancer |
| only three out of every hundred people or three | | | | statistics. For instance some people will see a |
| percent are likely to be alive five years later. | | | | seventy percent survival rate over five years as |
| What it does not tell you is the fact that the | | | | a very positive figure and others will see that as |
| majority of diagnosed lung cancer are in a late | | | | frightening because it means that one in three |
| stage, nor does it tell you that your lifestyle has | | | | people will die. One of the first things you have to |
| an impact and you can reduce the risk of lung | | | | do regarding cancer survival statistics is how |
| cancer by stopping smoking. | | | | much credence you personally are going to give |
| Cancer survival statistics can only give both you | | | | them. |
| and your doctor a general idea; of how likely it is | | | | |