Cancer survival: The survival rate for various types of cancer is the number of people who are alive for a given period of time after diagnosis (usually defined as five years). As of 2012, more than 13 million people in the United States had survived cancer, according to the Centers for Disease Control. The overall death rate from cancer began to decline in 1992 and continues to decline. Reasons for the decline include the availability of more effective treatments and more people being... więcej

Salem Press Encyclopedia of Health, 2022. 1p.