title: Five-Year Cancer Survival Rates in Oklahoma from 1997 to 2008.
abstract: This study evaluated the five-year observed survival rates of American Indians/Alaskan Native, African American, and white cancer patients among various demographic characteristics in Oklahoma focusing on lung and bronchus, colon and rectum, female breast, and prostate for the cancer patients diagnosed between 1997 and 2008.
  
  
  
  The five-year observed survival rates were calculated for overall cancer and specific cancer sites, using Kaplan-Meier method with data from the Oklahoma Central Cancer Registry.
  
  
  
  Overall, 51.5% patients diagnosed with cancer survived for five years. For specific sites we found: 79.2% for female breast cancer survived; 77.5% for prostate cancer; 12.9% for lung and bronchus cancer; and 49.9% for colorectal cancer.
  
  
  
  The five-year observed survival rates in Oklahoma were consistent with national trends. Overall, cancer survival seems to be improving over time, but there remains disparity with the AA and AI/AN populations in contrast to whites in Oklahoma.
authors.affiliation: College of Public Health, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 801 NE 13th St., Oklahoma City, OK, 73104, USA.
authors.forename: Janis
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Campbell
authors.affiliation: Office of Biostatistics and Quantitative Health Sciences, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii, 651 Ilalo Street, Honolulu, HI, 96813, USA.
authors.forename: Krupa
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gandhi
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences, Southwestern Oklahoma State University, 100 Campus Drive, Weatherford, OK, 73096.
authors.forename: Anne
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Pate
authors.affiliation: College of Public Health, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 801 NE 13th St., Oklahoma City, OK, 73104, USA.
authors.forename: Amanda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Janitz
authors.affiliation: Oklahoma Area Tribal Epidemiology Center, Oklahoma City Area Inter-Tribal Health Board, 9705 N. Broadway Extension Suite 150, Oklahoma City, OK 73114.
authors.forename: Amber
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Anderson
authors.affiliation: School of Applied Health and Educational Psychology, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK 74078.
authors.forename: Robin
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kinnard
authors.affiliation: College of Public Health, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 801 NE 13th St., Oklahoma City, OK, 73104, USA.
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ding
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality*; D009825:Oklahoma / Q000453:epidemiology; D012042:Registries; D017741:Survivors / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*