For example, if the 5-year survival rate for a specific stage of Hodgkin lymphoma is 80%, it means that people who have that cancer are, on ...Whatpatientsandcaregiversneedtoknowabout cancer,coronavirus,andCOVID-19.CloseCriticalAlertBannerSearchVerenespañol|Downloadthistopic[PDF]EarlyDetection,Diagnosis,andStagingCanHodgkinLymphomaBeFoundEarly?SignsandSymptomsofHodgkinLymphomaTestsforHodgkinLymphomaHodgkinLymphomaStagesSurvivalRatesforHodgkinLymphomaQuestionstoAskAboutHodgkinLymphomaCancerA-ZHodgkinLymphomaEarlyDetection,Diagnosis,andStagingSurvivalRatesforHodgkinLymphomaSurvivalratescangiveyouanideaofwhatpercentageofpeoplewiththesametypeandstageofcancerarestillaliveacertainamountoftime(usually5years)aftertheywerediagnosed.Theycan’ttellyouhowlongyouwilllive,buttheymayhelpgiveyouabetterunderstandingabouthowlikelyitisthatyourtreatmentwillbesuccessful.Keepinmindthatsurvivalratesareestimatesandareoftenbasedonpreviousoutcomesoflargenumbersofpeoplewhohadaspecificcancer,buttheycan’tpredictwhatwillhappeninanyparticularperson’scase.Thesestatisticscanbeconfusingandmayleadyoutohavemorequestions.Talkwithyourdoctorabouthowthesenumbersmayapplytoyou,asheorsheisfamiliarwithyoursituation.Whatisa5-yearrelativesurvivalrate?ArelativesurvivalratecomparespeoplewiththesametypeandstageofHodgkinlymphomatopeopleintheoverallpopulation. Forexample,ifthe5-yearsurvivalrateforaspecificstageofHodgkinlymphomais80%,itmeansthatpeoplewhohavethatcancerare,onaverage,about80%aslikelyaspeoplewhodon'thavethatcancertolive5yearsafterbeingdiagnosed.Wheredothesenumberscomefrom?TheAmericanCancerSocietyreliesoninformationfromtheSEER*database,maintainedbytheNationalCancerInstitute(NCI),toprovidesurvivalstatisticsfordifferenttypesofcancer.TheSEERdatabasetracks5-yearrelativesurvivalratesforHodgkinlymphomaintheUnitedStates,basedonhowfarthecancerhasspread.TheSEERdatabase,however,doesnotgroupcancersbytheLuganoclassification (stage1,stage2,stage3,etc.).Instead,itgroupscancersintolocalized,regional,anddistantstages:Loca