A Uterine Cancer Survival Rate is the average percentage of the patient to extend their lives up to 5 years soon after the diagnosis is confirmed. This doesn't mean that all of those who participated in the survey had the same chances. Some of them actually lived more than 5 or 10 years despite the cancer.

The earlier the cancer is detected, the better the prognosis and the higher the Uterine Cancer Survival Rate. This is true not just for uterine cancer but to most cancers. If your doctor told you that you only have 50% chances to live, this could mean two things - in a five-year period, you may live less than 2 and a half year or more than that.

There has been a study reporting that uterine cancer is more common to African American than to Caucasian American. Uterine Cancer Survival Rate is also quite higher among the latter than the former.

In a five-year period:

Caucasian Women have about 86% survival percentage.

African American Women have about 61% survival percentage.

Although the reason isn't exactly established, the researchers believed that it has something to do with the higher number of pregnancies (gravida) of African American women compared to their Caucasian counterparts. Food choices and lifestyle preferences are also somewhat related to this issue.

In most cancer cases, the earlier the stage, the higher the survival rate. At stage 0 or 1, the cancer survival rate is at its highest at 96%. When the cancer reaches stage 2 or 3, expect a lower rate of survival at 66%. This will drastically lower at the last stage when the cancer has spread out to other organs of the body such as the ovaries, the intestines, liver and etc. At the stage 4, the survival percentage may just be as low as 25 percent which in a 5-year period is technically just around a year and some months.

Fortunately, most uterine cancer cases are detected as early as stage 1, when the cancer has not yet proliferated and it's easier to remove. Only around 16% of the patients are diagnosed when the cancer is already at its 3rd stage and a lower number is diagnosed at the 4th stage. Therefore, treatment may still be able to help the patient survive up to 5 years of more.

By Mert Ozge