The chances of surviving colorectal cancer that has already spread to other parts of the body by the time it is diagnosed are much better today than they were in the late 1990s – but only for certain racial, ethnic, and age groups in the United States. For non-Hispanic whites, the 5-year survival rate for colorectal cancer that has spread is 15.7% for 2004-2009, up significantly from 9.8% in 1992-1997. Beyond the racial and ethnic disparities, the researchers also found differences by age. Read more here.
Study mentioned: Sineshaw HM, et al. Disparities in survival improvement for metastatic colorectal cancer by race/ethnicity and age in the United States. Cancer Causes Control. 2014 Jan 21. [Epub ahead of print] PMID: 24445597
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