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7 Φεβ 2024 · Cancer survival rates often use a five-year survival rate. That doesn't mean cancer can't come back after five years. Certain cancers can return many years after first being found and treated. For some cancers, if the cancer has not come back by five years after initial diagnosis, the chance of it returning later is very small.
7 Δεκ 2022 · Cancer refers to any one of a large number of diseases characterized by the development of abnormal cells that divide uncontrollably and have the ability to infiltrate and destroy normal body tissue. Cancer often has the ability to spread throughout your body. Cancer is the second-leading cause of death in the world.
7 Δεκ 2022 · But when you're first diagnosed with cancer, sometimes it's difficult to know what to do next. Here are some ideas to help you cope: Learn enough about cancer to make decisions about your care. Ask your doctor about your cancer, including your treatment options and, if you like, your prognosis.
Prognosis is an issue that most doctors and patients describe as difficult to discuss and the best way of presenting prognostic information to optimise patient understanding, psychological adjustment and decision-making is uncertain.
Cancer statistics often use an overall five-year survival rate. Survival rates are usually given in percentages. For instance, the overall five-year survival rate for bladder cancer is 77%. That means that of all people who have bladder cancer, 77 of every 100 are living five years after diagnosis. Conversely, 23 out of every 100 are not alive ...
Oncologist Anthony L. Back, M.D., a national expert on doctor-patient communications, talks with one of his patients about what she'd like to know of her prognosis. Credit: National Cancer Institute. If you have cancer, you may have questions about how serious your cancer is and your chances of survival.
1 Ιουν 2022 · By Nicole Brudos Ferrara. Everyone who has ever heard a health care professional say "you have cancer," experiences the diagnosis differently. Even the definition of what constitutes surviving cancer varies from person to person.
