However, in comparison with advanced countries, Taiwan's rate of cancer cures (defined as survival for more than five years) is still low. It is, for example, only about half that of the United States (where the survival rate is about 50 %).
但與先進國家相比，台灣癌症的治癒率（超過五年以上的存活率）仍然偏低，大約只有美國（百分之五十）的一半。