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Quality of Care

Five-Year Survival Rates for Melanomas

Melanoma of the Skin (Invasive) Analytic Cases
Comparison Overall 5-YR Survival Rates SEER 1996 - 2002 and VUMC 1997 - 2002

Melanoma Survival Rates Graph: see data below

In situ cases are not included in the All Stages group.

Melanoma of the Skin (Invasive) Analytic Cases
Comparison Overall 5-YR Survival Rates SEER 1996 - 2002 and VUMC 1997 - 2002
  SEER VUMC
All Stages 91.5 91.7
Localized 99.0 94.6
Regional 64.9 89.6
Distant 15.3 47.2
 

Source:
SEER Cancer Statistics Review 1975-2003
SEER Table IV-10
National Cancer Institute
Melanoma of the Skin (Invasive)