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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.
For this advanced cancer the survival rates are lower. Only about 7 men out of every 100 (7%) will survive for 5 years or more after they are diagnosed. And around 8 out of every 100 (8%) women with stage 4 colorectal cancer will survive for 5 years or more after diagnosis.s this is a very early stage cancer it has a high cure rate. 95 out of 100 men with stage 1 bowel cancer (95%) will survive for 5 years or more after diagnosis. And all women with stage 1 bowel cancer (100%) will survive for 5 years or more after diagnosis.