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The best way to assess the cure rate for a particular type of cancer is to look at survival curves compared with those who do not have cancer. If 100 patients with lung cancer are treated and we look at their survival curve, it will be clear that they do less well than those of the same age without lung cancer. The definition of ‘cure’ means that the survival rate of a treated group of patients is the same as those of similar age and gender who did not have cancer.