Cancer survival in the U.S. just crossed 70%. The wins are real, but so is the unfinished work.
This chart is by far the clearest picture of cancer progress since the 1990s. More than 4.8 million Americans are alive today 5 years beyond diagnosis.
We owe this progress to science.
First, the gains are solid:
▪️CML: 31% → 72%
▪️Multiple myeloma: 32% → 62%
▫️Kidney: 59% → 82%
▫️Metastatic melanoma: 16% → 35%
▫️Childhood ALL: 80% → 92%
The flip side is equally brutal because a few cancers barely moved. In fact, cervical cancer outcomes have actually worsened.
Funded science got us here. It took decades of compounding progress across screening, targeted therapy, immunotherapy, and supportive care to make progress.
Next time someone asks if cancer research works, show them this chart.
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Source: ACS Cancer Statistics 2026 · SEER · 𝘷𝘪𝘢 Jori
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