five-year survival rate

Definition / meaning of five-year survival rate

The percentage of people in a study or treatment group who are alive five years after they were diagnosed with or treated for a disease, such as cancer. The disease may or may not have come back.

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Source(s):

The Web site of the National Cancer Institute (http://www.cancer.gov/)

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