The times now are such that we can name at least one of our friends, relatives or peers who have fought the dreadful battle with cancer. But luckily for us there are several people who along with their loved ones have not only fought this battle with courage but have triumphed to achieve sweet survival. But such glorious accomplishments would not have occurred if it were 40 years ago.
As per the reports, adults who were diagnosed with cancer back in 1975 only had a lowly 50/50 chance of survival after five years of being diagnosed. But today the relative five year after rate of survival across all types of cancer is as close as 70 percent. And for better, the cancer survival rate during the same time frame for child cancer patients within five years of diagnosis has improved from the previously existing 62 percent to 81 percent, which is a steep rise. Continue reading “Big Data Analytics Is Helping To Curb Cancer For More Than 40 Years Now”