Japan Shows 5-Yr Cancer Survival Rates Using National Registry

Japan Shows 5-Yr Cancer Survival Rates Using National Registry
Tokyo, Jan. 15 (Jiji Press)--The health ministry has released for the first time five-year survival rates for new cancer patients by cancer site that are based on data from Japan's national registry. According to the data on some 990,000 people diagnosed with cancer in 2016 across the country, which were released Wednesday, prostate cancer logged the highest net survival rate of 92.1 pct am...