About colon cancer, please help!?

ok how long does it take to get from stage 1 to stage 2 in colon cancer(and stage 2 to 3 and so on. There are 4 stages)? My father has stage 1 colon cancer and im wondering how long it takes to move along stages. And from what I have found if my father doesnt get the surgery then he has less than 90% chance of living for 5 more years? Is this true? What are the survival rates? It hasnt spread to other parts of the body yet, that we know of. He was diagnosed with stage 1 colon cancer about 2-3 months ago. your help is appreciated.

explaination of stages:
http://ibdcrohns.about.com/cs/colorecalc...

picture of stages:
http://www.meb.uni-bonn.de/cancer.gov/Me...

and the table of survival rates i found:
http://www.alternative-cancer-treatments...

are these accurate?

I don't think anyone can tell you this. Talk with the doctor.

less than 90%? that is not right, stage 1 is very curable especially since he already been treated for, I know people with stage 3 who are surviving past 5 years, colon cancer is not deadly as some other cancers are, note one point, CC does not kill people, yes, that is true, problem starts when it passes thru lymph node(stage 3 to stage 4) to other organs, specifically lung/liver/brain.

and those are very old stats, newer drugs are very effective