Abstract
Period analysis has been shown to provide more up-to-date estimates of long-term cancer
survival rates than traditional cohort-based analysis. Here, we provide detailed period
estimates of 5- and 10-year relative survival by cancer site, country, sex and age
for calendar years 2000–2002. In addition, pan-European estimates of 1-, 5- and 10-year
relative survival are provided. Overall, survival estimates were mostly higher than
previously available cohort estimates. For most cancer sites, survival in countries
from Northern Europe, Central Europe and Southern Europe was substantially higher
than in the United Kingdom and Ireland and in countries from Eastern Europe. Furthermore,
relative survival was also better in female than in male patients and decreased with
age for most cancer sites.
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Publication history
Published online: December 17, 2008
Accepted:
November 6,
2008
Received in revised form:
November 5,
2008
Received:
June 10,
2008
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