Cancer by the Numbers 
Finding Cancer Early Saves Lives

Lung 

4%

5 Year Survival
When ​Found
​Late

54% 

5 Year Survival
​Found Early

Colorectal

14% 

5 Year Survival 
When Found
​Late 

91% 

5 Year Survival 
​Found Early

Prostate

29%

5 Year Survival
​When Found
​Late 

100%

5 Year Survival
​Found Early

Breast

22%

​5 Year Survival 
​When Found
​Late 

98%

5 Year Survival
​Found Early

1. American Cancer Society Lung Cancer Prevention and Early Detection Last Medical, April 14, 2016                                       

• www.cancer.org/health-care-professionals/american-cancer-society-prevention-early-detection-guidelines/lung-cancer-screening-guidelines.html
• onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.3322/caac.21172 

2. American Cancer Society, March 2, 2017

• www.cancer.org/cancer/colon-rectal-cancer/detection-diagnosis-staging/survival-rates.html 

3. American Cancer Society, Prostate Cancer Prevention and Early Detection, April 14, 2016
4. https://www.cancer.org/cancer/breast-cancer/understanding-a-breast-cancer-diagnosis/breast-cancer-survival-rates.html

Cost of Cancer Treatment - Early vs. Late

Cancer	Found Early	Found Late
Colorectal	$33,000	$120,000
Lung	$34,000	$48,000
Prostate	$4,300	$100,000
Breast	$82,000	$134,000

*​https://health.costhelper.com/cost-cancer.html

There's Room for Improvement
​in Cancer Screening

Did You Know...

33%

Of Eligible Patients Have Not Complied with any form of Colorectal Screening ¹. 

97%

Of High Risk Patients, Eligible for Lung Cancer Screening, Remain Unscreened ². 

70-80%

Of men with an elevated PSA who have a biopsy do not have cancer ³.

​20%

Of Breast Cancers are Missed by Mammograms, especially in women with Dense Breasts⁴.

1.   www.cancer.org/content/dam/cancer-org/research/cancer-facts-and-statistics/colorectal-cancer-facts-and-figures/colorectal-cancer-facts-and-figures-2017-2019.pdf 
2.   Gopal M, Abdullah SE, Grady JJ, Goodwin JS. Screening for Lung Cancer with Low-Dose Computed Tomography: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Baseline Findings of            Randomized Controlled Trials. J Thorac Oncol. 2010 Aug;5(8):1233-9. 
3.   www.health.harvard.edu/blog/is-psa-reliable-20110327214 
4.   www.cancer.gov/types/breast/mammograms-fact-sheet/#q3 

Stage Distribution by Cancer

Cancer statistics, 2018, Volume: 68, Issue: 1, Pages: 7-30, First published: 04 January 2018, DOI: (10.3322/caac.21442)