observed survival
Description
Observed survival is the percentage of people with a particular cancer who are alive at a certain point in time after their diagnosis.
For example, a 5-year observed survival of 70% means that, on average, people have a 7 in 10 chance of being alive 5 years after their diagnosis.
Observed survival does not consider the cause of death, so the people who are not alive 5 years after diagnosis could have died from cancer or from another cause.
Observed survival is also called overall survival.
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