title: [What rate of cure for cancer?].
abstract: One can often read in the lay press that 50% of cancers can be cured. Knowing the frequency and the relative 5-year survival rate for each cancer site, one can estimate the probability of cure. This estimation is presented for cancers diagnosed in 1975, using 5-year survival rates for cancers diagnosed in the period 1978-1985. The 5-year survival probability after a diagnosis of cancer is 37%. The statement that 50% of cancers are cured is too optimistic, and is not based on reliable data. One can nevertheless hope to achieve a 50% cure rate in the beginning of the XXI-st century.
authors.affiliation: Institut Gustave-Roussy, Villejuif.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Hill
mesh_terms: D005602:France / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality / Q000628:therapy*; D015996:Survival Rate; D016896:Treatment Outcome
vernacular_title: Quels taux de guérison pour le cancer?