--- title: Improvements in Cancer Survival Rates Since 1995 date: 2025-07-01T12:00:00-05:00 author: Nick Lorang canonical_url: "https://www.lemonly.com/work/improvements-cancer-survival-rates" section: Work Item --- [](https://www.lemonly.com/work)# [Lemonly](https://www.lemonly.com/work?client=lemonly) Improvements in Cancer Survival Rates Since 1995 [Microcontent](https://www.lemonly.com/work?category=microcontent)Cancer touches everyone, but long-term trends show reason for optimism. We dug into the data from the American Cancer Society on five-year relative survival rates across all types of cancer from 1995 to 2020. In the past 30 years, the outlook has improved for patients with these 17 types of cancer, including the largest improvements in myeloma, leukemia, and non-Hodgkin lymphoma. And across all cancers, overall survivability has improved from 63% to 69%. Check out more in our infographic below. 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Sources: [American Cancer Society](https://www.cancer.org/content/dam/cancer-org/research/cancer-facts-and-statistics/annual-cancer-facts-and-figures/2025/2025-cancer-facts-and-figures-acs.pdf#:~:text=All%20sites%2049%2063%2069,62%2078%2049%2062%2077) ## Share - [ ](http://www.facebook.com/sharer.php?u=https://www.lemonly.com/work/improvements-cancer-survival-rates&p%5Btitle%5D=Improvements%20in%20Cancer%20Survival%20Rates%20Since%201995) - [ ](https://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://www.lemonly.com/work/improvements-cancer-survival-rates&title=Improvements%20in%20Cancer%20Survival%20Rates%20Since%201995) - [ ](https://www.pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://www.lemonly.com/work/improvements-cancer-survival-rates&media=https://www.lemonly.com/general-uploads/Work/250618_CancerSurvivability.png&description=Improvements%20in%20Cancer%20Survival%20Rates%20Since%201995) - [ ](mailto:?body=Check%20this%20out!%20https://www.lemonly.com/work/improvements-cancer-survival-rates&subject=Improvements%20in%20Cancer%20Survival%20Rates%20Since%201995) View Text ## Improvements in cancer survivability since 1995 17 types of cancer saw improvements in survivability in the U.S. from 1995 to 2020. Across all cancers, overall survivability improved from 63% to 69%. **Cancer type****1995–1997****2005–2011****2010–2016****2014–2020**All cancers (overall)63696769Brain & other nervous system32353333Breast (female)87919091Colon & rectum61666564Esophagus13202022Hodgkin lymphoma84888789Kidney & renal pelvis62747578Larynx66636162Leukemia48626467Liver & intrahepatic bile duct7182022Lung & bronchitis15182127Melanoma of the skin91939394Myeloma (multiple myeloma)32495461Non-Hodgkin lymphoma56727374Oral cavity & pharynx58666669Ovary43464951Pancreas481013Prostate97999897Stomach22303236Testis (testicular)96979595Thyroid95989898Urinary bladder80797778Uterine cervix (cervical)73696667Uterine corpus (endometrial)84838181*Source:* [*American Cancer Society*](https://www.cancer.org/content/dam/cancer-org/research/cancer-facts-and-statistics/annual-cancer-facts-and-figures/2025/2025-cancer-facts-and-figures-acs.pdf#:~:text=All%20sites%2049%2063%2069,62%2078%2049%2062%2077) --- ## You might also like [ ![Winning Odds from 40 Years of Horse Racing | Lemonly](https://d2xoo2expjpog9.cloudfront.net/generalUploads/Work/240429_Lemonly_24-Editorial-MC_17-Horse-racing_betting_Final-1280x1280.jpg?mode=crop&pos=center-center&q=98&f=webp&c=f1396ae4&v=a128e2f16ff22d262ead91c857a1ce039557d30a9f668b48ecd7916de8264ba1) ](https://www.lemonly.com/work/winning-odds-from-40-years-of-horse-racing) [Lemonly](https://www.lemonly.com/work?client=lemonly)[Winning Odds from 40 Years of Horse Racing](https://www.lemonly.com/work/winning-odds-from-40-years-of-horse-racing) [Microcontent](https://www.lemonly.com/work?category=microcontent) [ ![5 Movies Based on Public Domain Works | Lemonly](https://d2xoo2expjpog9.cloudfront.net/generalUploads/Work/240109_Internal_Editorial-MC_Public-Domain_final-1280x1280.jpg?mode=crop&pos=center-center&q=98&f=webp&c=9db1a644&v=4d7e75e8446aa956562047ff4bb9b8cb3616d0b5287a735e04f0e83f7ed3fd8b) ](https://www.lemonly.com/work/5-movies-based-on-public-domain-works) [Lemonly](https://www.lemonly.com/work?client=lemonly)[5 Movies Based on Public Domain Works](https://www.lemonly.com/work/5-movies-based-on-public-domain-works) [Microcontent](https://www.lemonly.com/work?category=microcontent) [ ![Marriott Rewards 5th Night Free Animation - Beach Edition](https://d2xoo2expjpog9.cloudfront.net/generalUploads/Work/MR_5th-Night_Beach_640x640.jpg?mode=crop&pos=center-center&q=98&f=webp&c=98a0c659&v=02095a662f843b75726324d2f20104559a08422ad5d3c5f48c16fc420f3efbe5) ](https://www.lemonly.com/work/marriott-rewards-5th-night-free-animation-beach-edition) [Marriott Rewards](https://www.lemonly.com/work?client=marriott-rewards)[Marriott Rewards 5th Night Free Animation - Beach Edition](https://www.lemonly.com/work/marriott-rewards-5th-night-free-animation-beach-edition) [Microcontent](https://www.lemonly.com/work?category=microcontent)