Whatpatientsandcaregiversneedtoknowabout cancer,coronavirus,andCOVID-19.CloseCriticalAlertBannerSearchVerenespañol|Downloadthistopic[PDF]EarlyDetection,Diagnosis,andStagingCanNon-HodgkinLymphomaBeFoundEarly?SignsandSymptomsofNon-HodgkinLymphomaTestsforNon-HodgkinLymphomaNon-HodgkinLymphomaStagesSurvivalRatesandFactorsThatAffectPrognosis(Outlook)forNon-HodgkinLymphomaQuestionstoAskAboutNon-HodgkinLymphomaCancerA-ZNon-HodgkinLymphomaEarlyDetection,Diagnosis,andStagingSurvivalRatesandFactorsThatAffectPrognosis(Outlook)forNon-HodgkinLymphomaSurvivalratescangiveyouanideaofwhatpercentageofpeoplewiththesametypeandstageofcancerarestillaliveacertainamountoftime(usually5years)aftertheywerediagnosed.Theycan’ttellyouhowlongyouwilllive,buttheymayhelpgiveyouabetterunderstandingofhowlikelyitisthatyourtreatmentwillbesuccessful.Keepinmindthatsurvivalratesareestimatesandareoftenbasedonpreviousoutcomesoflargenumbersofpeoplewhohadaspecificcancer,buttheycan’tpredictwhatwillhappeninanyparticularperson’scase.Thesestatisticscanbeconfusingandmayleadyoutohavemorequestions.Talkwithyourdoctorabouthowthesenumbersmayapplytoyou,asheorsheisfamiliarwithyoursituation.Whatisa5-yearrelativesurvivalrate?Arelativesurvivalratecomparespeoplewiththesametypeandstageofnon-Hodgkinlymphoma(NHL)topeopleintheoverallpopulation.Forexample,ifthe5-yearrelativesurvivalrateforaspecificstageofNHLis70%,itmeansthatpeoplewhohavethatcancerare,onaverage,about70%aslikelyaspeoplewhodon’thavethatcancertoliveforatleast5yearsafterbeingdiagnosed.Wheredothesenumberscomefrom?TheAmericanCancerSocietyreliesoninformationfromtheSEER*database,maintainedbytheNationalCancerInstitute(NCI),toprovidesurvivalstatisticsfordifferenttypesofcancer.TheSEERdatabasetracks5-yearrelativesurvivalratesforNHLintheUnitedStates,basedonhowfarthecancerhasspread.TheSEERdatabase,however,doesnotgroupcancersbytheLuganoclassification (stage1,stage2,stage3,etc.).Instead,itgroupscancersintolocalized,regional,anddistantstages:Localized:Thecancerislimitedtoonelymphno