Pancreatic cancer
12.8×better odds
Liver & bile duct cancer
Liver cancer is hard to treat at any stage, which is exactly why stage matters: caught before it spreads, five-year survival is ten times higher.
Five-year relative survival by stage
| Stage at diagnosis | 5-year survival | Share of cases |
|---|---|---|
| Caught early : Still only where it started. This is what screening looks for. | 37.4% | 45.0% |
| Spread nearby : Reached lymph nodes or tissue next to where it started. | 13.4% | 23.0% |
| Caught late : Reached organs elsewhere in the body. Doctors call this metastatic. | 3.6% | 21.0% |
| Stage unknown : The record did not say how far it had spread. | 11.6% | 10.0% |
| All cases : Everyone diagnosed, early and late together. | 21.9% | n/a |
Source: NCI SEER Cancer Stat Facts, cases diagnosed 2016-2022.
Figures are 5-year relative survival by SEER stage at diagnosis from the NCI Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) program. They describe outcomes by the stage at which a cancer was found; they are not outcomes attributable to whole-body MRI screening, which has not been shown in randomized trials to reduce cancer mortality. What these numbers do and do not show.
10.4×
Better odds of being alive five years later when liver & bile duct cancer is caught before it spreads, compared with after it has reached other organs.
Where cases are caught today
21.0% of liver & bile duct cancer cases have already spread to other organs by the time anyone looks.
Other cancers where stage decides the outcome
5-year relative survival, 2016-2022. NCI SEER Cancer Stat Facts
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