Pancreatic cancer
12.8×better odds
Prostate cancer
Prostate cancer caught early or in nearby tissue both round to 100% five-year survival. Once it reaches distant organs, that figure falls to 40.1%.
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. | 100.0% | 69.0% |
| Spread nearby : Reached lymph nodes or tissue next to where it started. | 100.0% | 14.0% |
| Caught late : Reached organs elsewhere in the body. Doctors call this metastatic. | 40.1% | 9.0% |
| Stage unknown : The record did not say how far it had spread. | 94.1% | 8.0% |
| All cases : Everyone diagnosed, early and late together. | 98.2% | 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.
2.5×
Better odds of being alive five years later when prostate cancer is caught before it spreads, compared with after it has reached other organs.
Where cases are caught today
9.0% of prostate 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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