Overall Thyroid Cancer Survival Rate
Survival rates can be calculated by different methods for different purposes. The
thyroid cancer survival rates presented here are based on the relative survival rate. The relative survival rate measures the survival of thyroid cancer patients in comparison to the general population to estimate the effect of cancer. The overall five-year relative thyroid cancer survival rate from 1995-2001 was 96.6 percent. The five-year relative thyroid cancer survival rates by race and sex were:
- 94.4 percent for Caucasian men
- 97.7 percent for Caucasian women
- 89.2 percent for African American men
- 95.4 percent for African American women.
Thyroid Cancer Survival Rates Based on Stage
- 58 percent of thyroid cancer cases are diagnosed while the cancer is still confined to the primary site (localized stage)
- 35 percent of thyroid cancer cases are diagnosed after the cancer has spread to regional lymph nodes or directly beyond the primary site
- 5 percent of thyroid cancer cases are diagnosed after the cancer has already metastasized (distant stage)
- 2 percent of thyroid cancer cases had staging information that was unknown.
The corresponding five-year relative thyroid cancer survival rates were:
- 99.5 percent for localized
- 96.4 percent for regional
- 60.0 percent for distant
- 85.4 percent for unstaged.
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