Data from the US National Cancer Institute’s Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) Program, charted below, illustrates the critical importance of early cancer detection.
![Five-Year Cancer Survival Charts from SEER Data](https://imagionbiosystems.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/5-year-survival-4-in-one.jpg)
Earlier diagnosis is one of the foremost objectives of cancer medicine for the simple reason that it saves lives.