Adults diagnosed with stage 1 skin, prostate or breast cancer have the same chance of still being alive the following year as the average person, according to data from the Office for National Statistics and Public Health England.
Survival rates are high for many cancers if diagnosed in stages 1-3, the data shows. However cancers diagnosed in stage four have lower survival rates. Pancreatic cancer has the lowest rate of survival in both men and women.
Original Article: Diagnosis at stages 1-3 increases cancer survival rate significantly