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Five-Year Survival Rates
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(from the National Cancer Institute's Physician Data Query system, July 2002)

Prognosis is related to the degree of tumor penetration through the bowel wall and the presence of involved lymph nodes.

Survival Rates: Colon and Rectum
Stage 0	>96%
Stage I	80-95%
Stage II	55-80%
Stage III	35-55%     involved lymph nodes
Stage IV	< 15%       distant metastases

Survival Rates: Anus
Stage 0	100%
Stage I	> 98%
Stage II	80%
Stage IIIA	65%
Stage IIIB	15%
Stage IV	Unusual