Morawski BM, et al. - Researchers aimed at determining the progress in US 5-year survival trends for all cancers combined using the North American Cancer Survival Index, a sum of age-, gender-, and cancer site–standardized relative survival ratios. Analysis of data from 42 cancer registries revealed an increase in overall 5-year survival from 63.5% in 2005–2011 to 64.1% in 2008–2014. Female and male patients had an increase in survival by 0.9 and 0.5 percentage points, respectively; a decrease in the survival disparity among blacks vs whites by 0.5% was noted. In 2008–2014, whites relative to blacks had a higher Cancer Survival Index by 7.7%. Decision-makers and others, in light of the Cancer Survival Index, may compare cancer survival among populations and over time and may monitor progress toward national cancer surveillance objectives.