Long-term survival expectations of cancer patients in Europe in 2000–2002

Brenner, Hermann; Francisci, Silvia; de Angelis, Roberta; Marcos-Gragera, Rafael; Verdecchia, Arduino; Gatta, Gemma; Allemani, Claudia; Ciccolallo, Laura; Coleman, Michel; Sant, Milena; the EUROCARE Working Group,

doi:10.1016/j.ejca.2008.11.005

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Volume 45, Issue 6 , Pages 1028-1041, April 2009

Long-term survival expectations of cancer patients in Europe in 2000–2002

Hermann Brenner
- Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research, German Cancer Research Center, Bergheimer Straβe 20, D-69115 Heidelberg, Germany
- Corresponding author: Tel.: +49 6221 548140; fax: +49 6221 548142.
Silvia Francisci
- Department of Cancer Epidemiology, National Centre of Epidemiology, Surveillance and Health Promotion, National Health Institutes, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy
Roberta de Angelis
- Department of Cancer Epidemiology, National Centre of Epidemiology, Surveillance and Health Promotion, National Health Institutes, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy
Rafael Marcos-Gragera
- Unidad de Epidemiología y Registro de Cáncer, Institut Català d’Oncologia-Girona, Girona, Spain
Arduino Verdecchia
- Department of Cancer Epidemiology, National Centre of Epidemiology, Surveillance and Health Promotion, National Health Institutes, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161 Rome, Italy
Gemma Gatta
- Department of Preventive and Predictive Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Via Venezian 1, 20133 Milan, Italy
Claudia Allemani
- Department of Preventive and Predictive Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Via Venezian 1, 20133 Milan, Italy
Laura Ciccolallo
- Department of Preventive and Predictive Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Via Venezian 1, 20133 Milan, Italy
Michel Coleman
- Non-Communicable Disease Epidemiology Unit, Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK
Milena Sant
- Department of Preventive and Predictive Medicine, Fondazione IRCCS Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori, Via Venezian 1, 20133 Milan, Italy
the EUROCARE Working Group

Received 10 June 2008; received in revised form 5 November 2008; accepted 6 November 2008. published online 17 December 2008.

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.

Keywords: Cancer registries, Period analysis, Prognosis, Survival