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Today, for localized tumors that have not spread (Stage 1), 90 percent of patients will live another five years, and half will live more than 10 years. In about six percent to 10 percent of all breast cancer patients, the cancer has already spread to a second location by the time it is diagnosed (Stage 2). Frightening Diagnosis. Stage 4 cancer is a condition in which cancer has spread (metastasized) from its original location to other organs in the body. Metastatic cancer is what claimed the life of Elizabeth Edwards nearly four years after it was first diagnosed.
The five-year survival rate is the percentage of people who survive at least five years after the cancer is found. Overall, the five-year survival rate of people with liver cancer is 17%. For the 42% of people who are diagnosed at an early stage, the five-year survival rate is 30%.If liver cancer has spread to surrounding tissues or organs and/or the regional lymph nodes, the five-year survival rate is 11%.If the cancer has spread to a distant part of the body, the five-year survival rate is 3%.iver cancer is the tenth most common cancer and the fifth most common cause of cancer death among men, and the ninth most common cause of cancer death among women. When compared to the United States, liver cancer is much more common in developing countries within Africa and East Asia.