Bone Cancer Survival Rates
The bone cancer survival rates are based the duration of bone cancer and its spread to the different parts of body. Most of the survival rates of cancer patients are relative survival rates that compare general population averages with people affected with bone cancer. These survival rates cannot predict about any particular patient's health, as it is based on vast number of people with different health level.
Survival rates of bone cancer are used to analyze the percentage of patients affected with a specific bone cancer type and cancer stage. These patients include people who have experienced or who are suffering from bone cancer after diagnosis for a specific period. Most of the survival rates deal with the statistics of five years during which people who are living bone cancer after diagnosis. These people may have some symptoms of bone cancer or they are free from the disease, or they may be going through bone cancer treatment.
Influencing Factors for Bone Cancer Survival Rates
There are some common factors that affect bone cancer survival rates normally:
- Bone cancer type, its location and size
- The stage of bone cancer or how long in different parts of body it has spread
- Period of symptoms are experienced by patients
- Physical examination of the patient: age, blood test and other laboratory tests
- The general health level of patient
Relative Survival Rate of Bone Cancer
Survival rates are measured by various techniques and for several purposes. Relative survival rates of bone cancer measures the average general population affected by bone cancer. Following survival rate is done over the statistics of five years from 1995 to 2000. The survival rate for this period was 69.4%.
- Survival Rated By Gender and Race
This five year survival rates of bone cancer as per gender and race are provides the details of Caucasian and African-American people. Bone cancer survival rate for Caucasian men is 67.5% and for women is 72.1%. This rate for African-American men is 70% and for women is 68.4%. - Survival Rated By Stage
Bone cancer stage is an effective factor influencing survival rates. Details of relation between stage and survival rates are given below:- 41% bone cancer cases are diagnosed when the cancer is limited to primary stage.
- 36% cases are diagnosed after the bone cancer has spread out of primary confined location and reached to the lymph nodes.
- 15% bone cancer cases are diagnosed after they are metastasized and have spread to the distant parts of body.
- 8% diagnosed cases of boner cancer were unknown for information.
Bone cancer can be diagnosed at any age, but children and young adults are more likely to have bone cancer than others. Primary type of bone cancer is mostly found in the world.
