Mother gives birth to the 'heaviest girl ever born in the world' weighing FIFTEEN pounds (the same as a 6-month-old) 1  Girl was born at a hospital in India, twice the weight of an average baby.  Surprised her mother Nandini, 19, and medics with her size and weight.
Survival Rates. 1  The five-year survival rate for colon cancer found at the local stage is 90%. 2  The five-year survival rate for colon cancer found at the regional stage is 70%. 3  The five-year survival rate for colon cancer found at the distant stage is 12 %.
In general, the more a tumor has spread to other parts of the body, the lower the life expectancy. For people with small cell lung cancer that is only in the lung and has not spread to other parts of the body, the 5-year survival rate is 23.3 percent, according to National Cancer Institute data through 2010.