Cancer Survival in England: adults diagnosed in 2009 to 2013, followed up to 2014

19 Nov 2015 01:59 PM

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• The highest 1- and 5- year survival estimate was for testicular cancer and melanoma of skin cancer (women); the lowest 1- and 5- year estimate was for pancreatic cancer
• The largest gender difference in 1-year survival was for bladder cancer, where 78.6% of men were expected to survive at least one year from their cancer compared with 67.1% of women
• For patients diagnosed between 2009 and 2013, 1-year survival continued to improve for most of the 24 cancers examined when compared with the 2008 to 2012 estimate
• For cancers of the brain, liver, lung, mesothelioma, oesophagus, pancreas and stomach 5-year survival remains below 25%
• For breast cancer (women), Hodgkin lymphoma, melanoma of skin, prostate cancer, testis and thyroid cancer 5-year survival is over 80%
• Age-specific cancer survival is usually higher for the younger age-groups compared with the older; however, breast and prostate cancer are examples where 5-year survival is higher for some older age groups than the younger age groups

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