Footlaw.com has recently learned that the 5-year survival rate following a non-traumatic lower extremity amputation (e.g., secondary to diabetic infection/wound) is WORSE (lower survival) than the 5-year survival rate for the much publicized breast cancer.
The 5-year survival rate following non-traumatic lower extremity amputation is only 40% (i.e., 60% of the people who have a non-traumatic lower extremity amputation will die within 5 years).
See: http://www.apligraf.com/professional/wound_facts_and_prevention/aboutDFU.html
The 5-year survival rate for Stage 0 to Stage 3 breast cancer ranges from 100% survival to 56% survival (the Stage 4 5-year survival rate is only 18.6%)
See: http://www.nortonhealthcare.com/body.cfm?id=202
This poor survival rate following non-traumatic amputation is under reported in the media.
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