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<strong>CA</strong> <strong>Cancer</strong> J <strong>Clin</strong> <strong>2006</strong>;<strong>56</strong>:<strong>106</strong>–<strong>130</strong><br />

FIGURE 8 Five-year Relative Survival Rates Among Patients Diagnosed with Selected <strong>Cancer</strong>s, by Race <strong>and</strong> Stage at Diagnosis, US,<br />

1995 to 2001.<br />

*Data for distant stage melanoma of the skin for African American is not shown.<br />

†The rate for localized stage represents localized <strong>and</strong> regional stages combined. Note: Staging according to Surveillance, Epidemiology,<br />

<strong>and</strong> End Results (SEER) historic stage categories rather than the American Joint Committee on <strong>Cancer</strong> (AJCC) staging system.<br />

Source: Ries LAG, Eisner MP, Kosary Cl, et al. 3<br />

Downloaded from caonline.amcancersoc.org by guest on September 27, <strong>2006</strong> (©American <strong>Cancer</strong> Society, Inc.)<br />

Volume <strong>56</strong> Y Number 2 Y March/April <strong>2006</strong> 125

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