Congress finds early stage survival as high as 49 percent
What the document says“have a significantly higher 5-year survival rate (as high as 49 percent) compared to those diagnosed at later stages, underscoring the critical need for enhanced screening and awareness”
The tenth of the section's eleven findings, and the one that states the section's conclusion. The finding opens by attributing the figure to research, and says that patients diagnosed with early-stage esophageal cancer have the survival rate quoted. The quotation begins after that opening because the printer broke the word early-stage across a line there. The words enhanced screening and awareness are the section's own.
What the document actually says“have a significantly higher 5-year survival rate (as high as 49 percent) compared to those diagnosed at later stages, underscoring the critical need for enhanced screening and awareness”
Congress says people who learn early have a much better chance. As many as 49 out of 100 live five more years. That is far better than learning late.
Congress says this shows why more checks and more warning are badly needed.
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