An annual report from the American Cancer Society shows that, for the first time, over 70% of Americans diagnosed with cancer can expect to live at least five years. The increase from the mid-1970s, when that number was just 49% is huge.

The American Cancer Society attributes this record-high to 'decades of research' that has led to better treatments.

A new American Cancer Society report highlights major improvements in cancer survivorship.About 70% of people in the U.S. diagnosed with cancer between 2015 and 2021 survived at least 5 years. Only 63% of those diagnosed in the mid-1990s and fewer than half of those diagnosed in the 1970s could expect to live that long.