Japan 10-Year Cancer Survival Rate at 54 Pct in Latest Survey

From Jiji

February 13 2025

TOKYO – The 10-year survival rate of people diagnosed with cancer in Japan in 2012 came to 54.0 pct, up slightly from 53.5 pct for those diagnosed in 2011, the National Cancer Center said Thursday. 

The latest survey covered 394,108 people diagnosed with cancer at medical institutions across the country, excluding those who died of other causes.

By cancer type, the 10-year survival rate was 57.9 pct for stomach cancer, the most common cancer among the patients surveyed, and 58.1 pct and 32.6 pct, respectively, for bowel cancer and non-small cell lung cancer, the second and third most common types.

The average age of the patients surveyed was 67.7 years, and about 60 pct of them were in their 60s or 70s at the time of cancer diagnosis.

For the first time, the cancer center also calculated the survival rate of cancer survivors over the next five years.