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Cancer Survival in England: Patients Diagnosed 2007–2011 and Followed up to 2012
Key findings
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The trend of increasing survival continued for patients diagnosed during 2007–2011.
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Survival is generally lower among older patients than younger patients, even after adjusting for death from other causes.
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Five-year survival is over 80% for cancers of the breast (women), prostate and testis, and for Hodgkin lymphoma and melanoma of skin.
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Five-year survival for cancers of the brain, lung, oesophagus, pancreas and stomach in both sexes is 21% or less; five-year survival from pancreatic cancer remains the lowest in both sexes (5%).
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