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1 Year Mortality at NCI-designated Cancer Centers

Breast Cancer 28% lower 1-year mortality at NCI cancer centers

Lung Cancer 29% lower 1-year mortality at NCI cancer centers

Prostate Cancer 22% lower 1-year mortality at NCI cancer centers

Colorectal Cancer 20% lower 1-year mortality at NCI cancer centers

Location, location, location

A Dartmouth study showed that mortality is lower for cancer patients treated at institutions designated by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) than at non-NCI centers. Dartmouth's Norris Cotton Cancer Center is one of only 65 NCI-designated centers in the country (and one of only 40 designated as a comprehensive cancer center). Mouse over the diagram above to see the reduction in 1-year mortality for patients treated at NCI centers for four different kinds of cancer.

The data in this diagram is based on "Influence of NCI Cancer Center Attendance on Mortality in Lung, Breast, Colorectal, and Prostate Cancer Patients," published in Medical Care Research and Review on May 19, 2009. The percentages reported here reflect all-cause mortality and have been adjusted for such factors as age and cancer stage at the time of diagnosis, sex, and race/ethnicity. All-cause mortality includes not just cancer-related deaths but deaths from any cause within a year after diagnosis.

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