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What is the highest level of cancer?
Other Ways to Describe Stage
| Stage | What it means |
|---|---|
| Stage I, Stage II, and Stage III | Cancer is present. The higher the number, the larger the cancer tumor and the more it has spread into nearby tissues. |
| Stage IV | The cancer has spread to distant parts of the body. |
Can cancer ever be cured?
Treatment. There are no cures for any kinds of cancer, but there are treatments that may cure you. Many people are treated for cancer, live out the rest of their life, and die of other causes. Many others are treated for cancer and still die from it, although treatment may give them more time: even years or decades.
What is the death rate of cancer per 100 000 population?
per 100,00 population. Cancer death rates went down more among males (31%) than among females (25%) but were still higher among males (172.9 deaths per 100,000 population) than females (126.2 deaths per 100,000 population). NOTES: Deaths were classified using the International Classification of Diseases, 10 th Revision.
What does a 100 percent increase in cancer risk mean?
A 100 percent increase in risk may seem enormous, but if the risk began as 1 in 100 people, a 100 percent increase in risk means that 2 out of 100 will be affected. Where do cancer risk statistics come from?
What does lifetime risk of cancer mean?
Lifetime risk isn’t the risk that a person will develop cancer in the next year or the next five years. An individual’s cancer risk has a lot to do with other factors, such as age. For instance, a woman’s lifetime risk of developing colon and rectal cancer is just over 4 percent, or about 42 out of every 1,000 women.
Are You at risk of developing cancer?
Risk statistics can be frustrating because they can’t tell you your risk of cancer. Studies may have found that American men have about a 40 percent chance of developing cancer in their lifetimes, but that doesn’t mean your risk is 40 percent if you’re a man.