Five-Year Survival Rates

(from the National Cancer Institute's Physician Data Query system, July 2003)

Site/Subsite	Stage I	Stage II	Stage III	Stage IV	All Cases
Oral Cavity Lip Anterior tongue Buccal mucosa Floor of mouth Lower gingiva Retromolar trigone	90% 70-80% >90% 1 88-100% 1 >90% 1 90-100% 1	70-80% 50-60% 90% 1 70-90% 1 >90% 1 90% 1	X 25-35% 70-80% 1 <70% 1 >90% 1 90% 1	25-50% 40-45% 1 60% 1 30-50% 1 30-35% 1 60-89% 1
Oropharynx Posterior tongue Tonsil Posterior pharynx Soft palate	60% 70% 77-100% 1 90-100% 1	50% 50% 58-80% 1 80-100% 1	20% 30% 70-75% 1 28-82% 1	20% 14% 41-50% 1 25-83% 1	50%
Nasopharynx All sites	65-95%	50-65%	30-60%	5-50%
Hypopharynx Pyriform sinus Posterior pharyngeal wall	50-80% 50-90% 1	50-60% 70-80% 1	30-50% 50-70% 1	15-25% 30-40% 1
Larynx Supraglottis Glottis Subglottis	75-85% 2 85-95% 2 x	55-65% 2 60-80% 2 30-40% 2	45-75% 3 55-70% 3 x	15-35% 3 10-25% 3 x
Salivary glands All sites	90%	55%	45%	10%
Paranasal sinuses Maxillary sinus	60-70%	60-70%	25-35%	10-25%
Thyroid gland Papillary carcinoma Follicular carcinoma Medullary carcinoma Anaplastic carcinoma	>95% 70-90% >95% 4	>95% 50-70% 50-95% 4	60% 20-60% 15-50% 4	x x <15% 4	40-60% 0-25%

1 -- local control rate (including salvage treatment for some sites)
2 -- disease-free
3 -- 3-year disease-free
4 -- 10 year survival
x -- no data available