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Colon cancer survival rates vary, but these statistics will give you a general idea of colon cancer survival rates for people who live in Australia. The five-year survival rate represents the percentage of patients alive five years after their initial diagnosis. Likewise, the ten-year survival rate represents the percentage of patients alive ten years after their initial diagnosis.

Five-Year Survival Statistics:

• Duke's A / Stage 1 Colon Cancer: 93%
  
• Duke's B / Stage 2 Colon Cancer: 90%
  
• Duke's C / Stage 3 Colon Cancer: 59%

Ten-Year Survival Statistics:

• Duke's A / Stage 1 Colon Cancer: 92%
  
• Duke's B / Stage 2 Colon Cancer: 89%
  
• Duke's C / Stage 3 Colon Cancer: 56%

These colon cancer survival statistics were derived from a study published in the ANZ Journal of Surgery. The researchers determined that while age and gender had little to do with survival, stage at diagnosis had a significant impact.

_{Source: McLeish, John A. and Thursfield, Vicky J. "Survival from Colorectal Cancer in Victoria: 10-Year Follow Up of the 1987 Management Survey." ANZ Journal of Surgery 72.5 (2002): 352. Blackwell Synergy. 25 Jun. 2006.}