Childhood cancer survival in England, children diagnosed from 1990 to 2008 and followed up to 2013

28 Apr 2015 02:12 PM

Main points

• For all childhood cancers combined, the general trend of increasing 5-year survival has continued for all children (aged 0 to 14 years) diagnosed in the 19 years from 1990 to 2008.
   
• The improvements in 5-year survival for children reflect improvements for children diagnosed in each of the age groups (0 to 4 years, 5 to 9 years and 10 to 14 years).
   
• Interpretation should be focused on overall trends up to 2008, rather than the survival estimates for any particular year. This is because the number of children diagnosed each year is relatively small and the survival estimates for single calendar years are therefore less stable.

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