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The stage definitions are shown here.

go here for more survival data by stage from AJCC, national survival by TNM stage here, more SEER data, survival with surgery here.   note that the survival for more advanced stages is now much higher than the older data noted below (in the RTOG study that added chemotherapy to radiation, the 8 year survival for Stage III and IV rose from less than 40% to over 60% (go here , here, and here.) More data on combined chemo-radiation here and if the treatment gets delayed here. More data on radiation for advanced stages here.

NCDB Data
Stage Survival/5y
I 89%
II 67%
III 53%
IV 24%
Literature Data
Stage Survival/5y
I 74 - 82%
II 56 - 62%
III 33 - 37%
IV 12%
Stage Survival/5y
Ib 89%
IIa 85%
IIb 62%
IIIa 62%
IIIb 50%
IV 20%

Also note that survival is much lower in patients found to have spread to pelvic lymph nodes. For Ib survival fell from 89.5% to 59%. Also the number of nodes involved, survival for Ib/IIb by nodes involved: 0 (89%), 1 (81%), 2-3 (63%) 4+ (41%). (Data from Leibel & Phillips, 1998)

For more on lymph node spread go here