10-year cancer survival rate in Japan rises to 58.3%: survey

The 10-year survival rate for patients diagnosed with cancer between 2004 and 2007 in Japan stood at 58.3 percent, up 1.1 percentage points from the previous survey, the National Cancer Center Japan has found.The survey has continually shown an improvement in life expectancy since the center started collecting data around 2000, which the center attributes to increased accessibility to treatment.The improved survival rate was not dependent on the development of new cures, but more on how "general treatment was becoming available across the country," said Haruo Mikami, a department head of th…READ FULL ARTICLE