Staging helps the doctors select the treatment with the best prognosis (most
likely outcome). Five-year survival rates are used as a
standard for “survival” of cancer. Many, many people live longer than five
years, and a 5-year survival is not a guarantee that there will be no recurrent
cancer.
The following numbers are a generalization of all types of Primary
bone cancer combined. Also consider that these survival rates are
based survivors, people who received their treatments anywhere from 5-20 years
ago and have lived to tell the tale. Modern medicine continues to improve
treatments, which increases the chances of survival as well as extends the
length of it.
Stage of Bone Cancer / Survival Rate (5+ years)
Stage IA----------88%
Stage IB----------71%
Stage IIA---------70%
Stage IIB---------57%
Stage
III----------Unavailable
Stage IVA--------49%
Stage IVB--------19%
(Statistics from the American Cancer Society at www.cancer.org)