Which cancers are most successfully treated with immunotherapy?

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Which cancers are most successfully treated with immunotherapy?

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The cancers that are most successfully treated with immunotherapy are melanoma, lung cancer, especially NSCLC lung cancer, bladder cancer, kidney cancer and even some certain lymphoma cancers like Hodgkin's Lymphoma.

And some head cancers and neck cancers cervical cancers, and even triple negative breast cancer is often successfully treated through checkpoint inhibitors or CAR -T-cell therapy.

The cancers that are easiest to treat are thyroid cancer, skin cancers like melanoma and non melanoma, prostate cancer, testicular cancer, cervical cancer and Hodgkin lymphoma, especially when caught early enough.

If these cancers are caught early enough, and treated early they have a high survival rate from effective cancer treatments like surgery and specialized therapies, although early detection and early treatment are key in increasing the chances of a cure.

Thyroid cancer is a very slow growing cancer and has a 5 year survival rate of near 100 percent in it's early stages and it's treatable using surgery and radioactive iodine.

Skin cancer or non melanoma skin cancer is very common and also often easily removed surgically and has a near 100 percent survival rate when treated early enough.

Melanoma cancer is also highly curable and has around a 9 percent survival, when it's caught before it spreads due to it's availability on the skin.

Testicular cancer also has high cure rates of over 95 percent with effective chemotherapy and surgery, as it's often diagnosed young.

Prostate cancer is a slow growing and highly treatable cancer, that has excellent 5 year survival rates when it's localized.

Breast cancer is also very high in survival and curable when it's in it's localized stage and has a 99 percent survival rate, with screening and treatments for the breast cancer like surgery, radiation and hormone therapy.

Cervical cancer is also an easy to treat cancer and has high survival rates for localized cervical cancer, and the survival rate of cervical cancer is around 92% due to screening or Pap tests and treatment.

And Hodgkin Lymphoma is also pretty easy to treat and is highly responsive to modern chemotherapy and radiation treatments, even when it's in it's advanced stages.

The types of cancers that are not curable are brain cancers like glioblastoma, esophageal cancer, stomach cancer, lung cancer, liver cancer and pancreatic cancer and metastatic cancers as well as blood cancers.

Blood cancers like multiple myeloma and some types of Lymphoma like Follicular Lymphoma are considered to be chronic, manageable cancers instead of curable cancers.

Almost any cancers that have metastasized or spread to other organs is often considered incurable.

Esophageal and stomach cancer is frequently diagnosed in it's advanced stages, which makes them difficult to treat and eradicate.

Liver cancer or Hepatocellular Carcinoma is also often diagnosed in it's later stages, which also limit options for surgical removal.

Brain tumors like Glioblastoma is also very notably difficult to treat and cure due to its location and the aggressive nature of the glioblastoma cancer.

Lung cancer, especially small cell lung cancer and late stage non small cell lung cancer is also difficult to treat.

And pancreatic cancer is often diagnosed in the later stages, due to a lack of early symptoms, which results in a very low 5 year survival rate.

And skin cancer like advanced myeloma which has spread beyond the primary site and mesothelioma, which is a rare, aggressive cancer often linked to asbestos exposure is incurable.

The six least survivable cancers are pancreatic cancer, lung cancer, brain cancer, liver cancer, Esophageal cancer and stomach cancer, as these cancers are often very aggressive and difficult to treat and are often diagnosed at the later stages.

Pancreatic cancer is cited as one of the deadliest and least survivable cancers, with a very low survival rate of around 7 percent to 8 percent.

Stomach cancer also has a poor prognosis, especially when the stomach cancer is detected too late.

Esophageal cancer also has a high rate of fatality or death due to it's rapid spread and late diagnosis.

Lung cancer is also one of the most common causes of death from cancer, and is often caught only in it's advanced stages.

Brain cancer also has a high death rate, due to the location of the cancer and nature of the brain cancer tumors.

Liver cancer is also known for being detected late and there's also limited treatment options for liver cancer.

The three cancers that are the hardest to treat are pancreatic cancer, small cell lung cancer and a glioblastoma, which is a type of brain cancer.

These types of cancers as well as liver cancer and esophageal cancers are very aggressive and often asymptomatic in it's early stages, which make it difficult to diagnose and manage.

Pancreatic cancer is considered the most difficult cancer to cure and has a 5 year survival rate of around 8 percent to 13 percent, and pancreatic cancer is often diagnosed only have the pancreatic cancer has spread, which makes surgery for the pancreatic cancer impossible for most people.

Small cell lung cancer is a cancer that spreads very quickly, and it's often diagnosed in it's late stages, which makes the small cell lung cancer, highly resistant to standard treatments, when compared forms of lung cancers.

And glioblastoma, brain cancer is also extremely aggressive and has low survival rates of around 13 percent to 34 percent as glioblastoma brain cancer grows very rapidly and is very difficult to treat as a result of the complex nature of the brain, which leads to a high recurrence of the glioblastoma brain cancer.

Aside from the above cancers, top 5 deadliest cancers are colorectal cancer, prostate cancer, bronchus cancer, lung cancer and breast cancer.

The most aggressive cancers are prostate cancer, pancreatic cancer, breast cancer, colorectal cancer and lung cancer.

The easiest cancers to recover from are Hodgkin Lymphoma, cervical cancer, Melanoma, Thyroid cancer, Testicular cancer, breast cancer and prostate cancer.

The top 3 most curable cancers are skin cancers, breast cancers and prostate cancers.

Testes cancer and thyroid cancers are also most curable cancers.

The cancers that are most likely to recur are cancers caused by use of tobacco, oral cancer, tongue cancer, bladder cancer, pancreas cancer, soft tissue sarcoma, brain cancer and glioblastoma also a type of brain cancer, Hodgkin lymphoma and childhood cancers.

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