95.8% of females survive breast cancer for at least one year, this falls to 85.0% surviving for five years or more, as shown by age-standardised net survival for patients diagnosed with breast cancer during 2013-2017 in England.[1]
Breast Cancer, Age-Standardised One-, Five- and Ten-Year Net Survival, Adults (Aged 15-99), England, 2013-2017


Breast cancer survival continues to fall beyond five years after diagnosis. 75.9% of females are predicted to survive their disease for ten years or more, as shown by age-standardised net survival for patients diagnosed with breast cancer during 2013-2017 in England.[1]
About this data
Data is for England, 2013 - 2017, ICD-10 C50.
Survival statistics give an overall picture of survival and the survival time experienced by an individual patient may be much higher or lower, depending on specific patient and tumour characteristics.