Australian figures show similar trends to other countries. While the overall incidence of cancer is continuing to gradually increase, probably largely due increasing longevity, actual death rates from cancer are decreasing, as are five year survival rates.
Over at least the last fifteen years, the death rates from cancer in Australia have been running at somewhat less than half the rate of occurrence of cancer, confirming experience elsewhere that the chances of cure are about fifty per cent. when averaged over all kinds of cancer. It is still wise not to get pancreatic or NSCLC, if you can..
