People diagnosed with cancer stand a 58.2 percent chance of surviving for another 10 years, the National Cancer Center has said, citing the results of a major new survey. The survival rate for five years is 63.1 percent.

It is the first time that the 10-year survival rate has been calculated from a large amount of data. The records relate to 35,000 cases collected between 1999 and 2002, and exclude cancer survivors who died of other causes.

The survey showed Tuesday that the 10-year outlook for people with breast cancer and liver cancer is bleaker than for those with stomach cancer.