Breast and prostate cancers have the highest survival rate. Older people die early.
Most of the Portuguese who have cancer lives at least, five years after the diagnosis. They are data from the National Cancer Registration (RON); The record analyzed almost 53,000 invasive malignant tumors.
The figures related to 2023 show that almost two thirds (65%) have a survival rate of 65% Five years, highlights the.
One of the highest rates is found in the cancers of the mama and from prostate (above 90%); The rate of colon e challenge is in 67% and in lung 25%after five years.
This lower rate in lung cancer will be an essential factor for women survive, on average, during More time than men – There are more men than women with lung cancer.
“The most common types of cancer in women have greater survival than the most common cancers in men,” says Maria José Bento, coordinator of Ron.
Some cases of breast and prostate cancer had rates of 90.4% and 96%, respectively.
But the highest rate is in the thyroid gland (97.4%), ahead of prostate (96%), lip (95,1%), testicle (94,5%) e mama (female – 90.4%).
The lowest survival rate for five years is in the cancer of pancreas (14.1%), followed by mesothelioma (14,2%), esophagus (15,5%) e brain (19,6%).
There are inequalities in Portugal. The highest survival rates were in the center, In the North and in the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, all with 66%. The lowest rate was found in Madeira, com 60%.
Portugal is “aligned” With the survival calculated for the European Union, by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
“We even had higher rates and now we have confirmed that they are high. We will be on the right track with the possibility to improve,” says Maria José Bento.
