Italy has the highest
cancer-survival rates five years after diagnosis in the European
Union, according to an EU report.
The five-year survival rate for prostate cancer is 90%,
compared to an EU average of 87%, while the rate for breast
cancer is 86%, compared to a European average of 83%, according
to the Italy profile of State of Health in the EU, which was
presented in Bari.
The survival rate for colon cancer is 64%, four points better
than the EU average, while the rate for lung cancer is 16%,
compared to 15% for Europe as a whole.
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