Sentences with phrase «year survival rate drops»

For patients with stage 4 disease with distant metastases, the 5 - year survival rate drops to 26 %.

If the cancer has invaded other organs, the 5 - year survival rate drops to 5 %.

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The 5 - year survival rate for localized (stage I and II) melanoma is 98 %; however, this drops to 17 % in cases where cancer has metastasized to distant sites or organs.