A patient diagnosed with skin cancer has a ninefold chance of surviving for five years compared with a patient diagnosed with lung cancer
Five year net survival rates for adults in England and Wales, 2010-2011
Survival rate, %
Pancreas 3
Lung 10
Brain 19
Leukaemia 52
Bowel 59
Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma 69
Uterus 79
Prostate 85
Breast 87
Skin cancer 90
All cancers 54
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