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Cancer Survival Rates by Country 2024

Cancer is a leading cause of death around the world. In the United States, it consistently ranks as the second leading cause of death, second only to heart disease. Cancer is caused by abnormal cells that divide and break down body tissue. The disease can affect any part of the body and can also spread to other body parts and tissues. Treatments such as chemotherapy can cause cancer to go into remission. Unfortunately, these treatments are typically expensive and frequently unavailable in some nations. Moreover, treatment does not guarantee that a patient's cancer will go into remission.

Published in 2018, the CONCORD-3 report looked at 37.5 million records of cancer patients from 71 countries and territories. The study looked at 18 different types of cancers in adults and children to determine which countries' residents had the highest five-year survival rates.

Some nations not on the list of overall highest survival rates ranked high when looking at specific types of cancer. For example, nations in Southeast Asia, including Japan and South Korea, had the highest survival rates for gastrointestinal cancers. However, this same region had much lower survival rates for other types of cancers, including melanoma. One point frequently made in reports of this nature is the importance of early detection. The survivability of cancer is very closely tied to discovering the disease at an early stage. The longer a cancer is able to grow untreated, the lower the patient's chance of survival becomes.

* Data are net survival estimates and not 100% reliable. When too few patients were available for analysis, data were merged.

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Country
Breast Cancer Survival Rate
Stomach Cancer Survival Rate
Lung Cancer Survival Rate
Prostate Cancer Survival Rate
Cyprus90.626.315.493.1
United States88.629.118.797.2
Brazil87.424.91896.1
Mauritius87.440.737.277.3
France86.927.713.690.5
Finland86.825.212.393.2
Israel86.728.623.894
Italy86.232.414.789.7
Australia86.227.91588.5
Sweden86.223.215.689.2
Norway85.924.11586.3
Canada85.824.817.391.7
Switzerland85.530.416.588
Belgium85.433.416.692.6
Germany85.331.616.291.2
Qatar85.327.313.255.3
Iceland85.332.31583.5
Netherlands8521.414.885.8
Japan84.75430.186.8
Gibraltar84.49.420.267.4
Spain83.727.312.687.1
New Zealand83.726.712.488.7
Portugal83.432.612.889.4
Ecuador83.231.928.792.4
Puerto Rico8328.615.897.7
Austria82.933.117.990.5
South Korea82.757.918.582.2
Taiwan82.436.414.377.9
Denmark8217.911.377.2
United Kingdom81.118.59.683.2
China80.931.317.563.8
Slovenia80.226.711.478.1
Czech Republic8023.212.383.1
Ireland8022.712.988.4
Turkey78.617.110.180.6
Croatia77.921.313.675.1
Indonesia77.718.412.243.5
Cuba77.726.218.256.1
Chile77.1186.388.7
Argentina76.61611.986.6
Libya76.632.241.4
Malta76.31810.884.8
Colombia76.116.6978.6
Romania7522.116.279.5
Poland74.118.613.474.1
Bulgaria73.912.96.353.4
Estonia72.422.811.973.2
Slovakia72.119.710.766
Lithuania72.1267.792.4
Thailand71.312.48.157.7
Latvia71.122.816.273.9
Russia70.619.915.769.6
Tunisia68.44910.3100
Malaysia67.824.210.766.4
India60.418.79.658.1
Algeria59.810.314.858.5
Mongolia56.515.16.639.6
South Africa53.4019100
Jordan43.128.84.427.4
Nigeria00091
Belarus0000
Hong Kong0000
Uruguay009.10
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Which country has the best cancer survival rate?

The country with the highest cancer survival rate varies depending on the type of cancer, but those in the US, Australia, New Zealand, Finland, Iceland, Norway, and Sweden have the best odds of beating cancer, according to the CONCORD-3 report.

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