Bone Cancer

Five- year survival rate

The overall 5-year relative bone cancer survival rate for 1995-2001 was 69.4 percent.

 

The corresponding 5-year relative bone cancer survival rates were:  

     *84.5 percent for localized

     *69.4 percent for regional 

     *30.6 percent for distant

     *62.2 percent for unstaged
 

The 5-year relative bone cancer survival rates by race and sex were:  

       *67.5 percent for Caucasian men

        *72.1 percent for Caucasian women

        *70.0 percent for African-American men

        *68.4 percent for African-American women