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Table 2
Relative rank of cancer type based on predicted five-year relative survival ratio (RSR) at diagnosis and conditional on having survived five years, Canada excluding Quebec, 2004 to 2006
| Cancer type | Five-year RSR rank | Change in rank | |
|---|---|---|---|
| At diagnosis | Conditional on surviving five years | ||
| Testis | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Thyroid | 1 | 2 | -1 |
| Prostate | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Skin melanoma | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| Corpus uteri | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| Colon | 15 | 6 | 9 |
| Cervix uteri | 9 | 7 | 2 |
| Hodgkin lymphoma | 6 | 8 | -2 |
| Bladder (including in situ) | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| Kidney and renal pelvis | 11 | 9 | 2 |
| Rectum | 13 | 11 | 2 |
| Soft tissue | 12 | 11 | 1 |
| Breast | 5 | 11 | -6 |
| Stomach | 21 | 14 | 7 |
| Leukemia (excluding CLL) | 20 | 15 | 5 |
| Oral (buccal cavity and pharynx) | 15 | 16 | -1 |
| Pancreas | 26 | 16 | 10 |
| Non-Hodgkin lymphoma | 15 | 18 | -3 |
| Esophagus | 25 | 19 | 6 |
| Larynx | 13 | 19 | -6 |
| Ovary | 18 | 21 | -3 |
| Liver | 23 | 21 | 2 |
| Brain | 22 | 23 | -1 |
| Chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL) | 8 | 23 | -15 |
| Lung and bronchus | 24 | 25 | -1 |
| Multiple myeloma | 19 | 26 | -7 |
| Source: Canadian Cancer Registry, Statistics Canada and provincial/territorial cancer registries. | |||
