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This Battle Which I Must Fight: Cancer in Canada's Children and Teenagers

Table 7. One, Three, and Five Year Actuarial Survival Rates (%) by Cancer Type for Canadian Children and Teenagers Diagnosed between 1985 and 1988 and Followed to December 31, 1991.

   
Survival Rate (%)
Cancer
Number of Cases
One year
Three year
Five year
Leukemia
1219
87
73
66
  Acute lymphoblastic
927
92
81
74
  Acute non-lymphoblastic
183
65
43
39
  Other
10
78
51
46
         
Lymphoma and other reticuloendothelial
741
91
84
80
  Hodgkins
422
99
94
90
  Non-Hodgkins
285
80
71
68
  Other
34
79
68
63
         
Central Nervous System
712
80
67
61
         
Sympathetic Nervous System
238
78
64
60
         
Retinoblastoma
72
100
96
96
         
Kidney
205
98
91
91
         
Liver
50
64
52
48
         
Bone
246
87
68
61
         
Soft tissue
293
90
75
69
         
Germ cell and other gonadal
249
94
84
81
         
Epithelial
346
94
89
86
         
Other
38
87
76
76
ALL CANCERS
4409
88
76
71

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Date Modified: 1997-02-28

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