Colon Cancer Outcomes

5-Year Survival Rate for Colon Cancer Patients (Updated November 2012)

DeKalb Surgical Associates has implemented a method of continuous outcomes assessment for a variety of clinical indicators. One of these indicators looks at the long-term survival of patients with colon cancer. For patients at DeKalb Surgical Associates (DSA), the overall 5 year observed survival rate is over 60%, which reflects a slight improvement since looking at this same data last year. For a more homogeneous comparison, the data is shown by individual stages. Our results are equivalent to national data.

The data shown is from patients who were first diagnosed in years 2003-05, allowing us to have followed these patients for at least 5 years. This is the most recent time frame for which national data is available for national comparison. See our older outcomes comparison data.