10-year cancer survival rate in Japan rises to 58.3%: survey

My partner asked me if there is any good news today. I quoted this one.

although...2017 is a little before the effects of Fukushima radiation to fully present...

Those pre-corona values are of no valid use anymore. That data has to be newly collected from scratch.

Same lies in every country. Doctors will declare a patient free from cancer and that becomes one positive cancer statistic. When the same patient returns with another cancer and dies, that is a new case and a negative statistic. That is why official statistics show high “ survival” rates

Those pre-corona values are of no valid use anymore. That data has to be newly collected from scratch.

There is still a lot of value in these statistics.

Same lies in every country. Doctors will declare a patient free from cancer and that becomes one positive cancer statistic. When the same patient returns with another cancer and dies, that is a new case and a negative statistic. That is why official statistics show high “ survival” rates

Don’t spread this BS. Doctors don’t declare people cancer free, even if you’ve had successful treatment you still have to have regular checks for years thereafter since there is a significant risk of its returning. So you don’t just disappear and start over.

I saw this happen to my little sister. She had successful treatment for breast cancer, but within a year it was back and had spread. She died of it last year, didn’t make it to 10 years from her initial diagnosis.

Cancer sucks.

You are not the only one , “ rainyday “ with close family members having died from recurring cancers. If doctors would not declare patients cancerfree there could not be one percent of cured patients in these statistics.

second i am happy for everyone overcoming any life threatening disease. one is not easier than the other.

in my country Belgium the doctors most certainly declare patients cancer free and checkups are of course necessary as a controlling measure. Just like regular checkups keep are preventive or early detection means.

My uncle was diagnosed with one form of cancer and declared cured. 4 years later he contracted pancreatic cancer and passed away because of it.

anyway this is a useless conversation i should not have started. When you have cancer you don’t care about statistics just about getting healthy again. Shall we leave it at that

I agree. Even if a hundred doctors declare a patient cancer free, if the patient die within 10 years of diagnosis then it's counted as a negative in this statistic.

Anyway, I think I really should cut back on drinking =)