US cancer stage distribution at diagnosis and 5-year relative survival

Dist.: Stage distribution at diagnosis (% of cases) / Surv. rate: 5-year relative survival rate by stage (%)

Source: US National Cancer Institute, Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program, accessed May 2026
Note: US cancer stage distribution at diagnosis and survival shown for both genders (except breast, cervical, ovary for females and prostate for males), all races, all ages
Staging definitions: Localised: confined to primary site; Regional: spread to regional lymph nodes; Distant: cancer has metastasised