Cancer 5-Year Survival Rates by Age in Japan, 2019

In December, National Cancer Center reported the cancer 5-year survaival rates. The following data show the 5-year survaival rates for cancers by age/stage. The research period is 5 years from 2010/2011.

Table: Cancer 5-Year Survival Rates by Age/Stage in Japan (unit: %)

Stomach cancer
Age	Stage 1	Stage 2	Stage 3	Stage 4
>= 39	97.9	79.5	60.4	8.2
40s	98.0	79.2	53.2	10.2
50s	96.6	78.2	52.0	11.8
60s	95.3	76.5	52.4	10.1
70s	93.3	64.4	45.4	8.9
80 =<	94.4	48.8	29.3	4.9
Total	94.7	67.6	45.7	8.9
Colorectal cancer
Age	Stage 1	Stage 2	Stage 3	Stage 4
>= 39	97.7	93.3	81.4	21.6
40s	98.3	91.4	80.7	25.7
50s	96.1	91.9	82.5	23.8
60s	95.1	90.6	81.0	21.3
70s	95.0	87.7	74.8	17.0
80 =<	93.7	84.4	65.1	8.2
Total	95.1	88.5	76.6	18.5
Lung cancer
Age	Stage 1	Stage 2	Stage 3	Stage 4
>= 39	97.0	-	44.3	15.1
40s	94.4	66.5	46	10.3
50s	92.9	62.8	35.7	8.1
60s	86.9	58.8	28.9	6.6
70s	79.3	41.6	19.8	5.0
80 =<	70.1	29.3	9.5	2.1
Total	81.6	46.7	22.6	5.2