Table 1 Patients diagnosed 1995–1999 from the EUROCARE-4 Study followed up to until the end of 2003, age-standardised % relative survival (5-year, 1-year and 51-year)

From: Cancer survival in England and the influence of early diagnosis: what can we learn from recent EUROCARE results?

 

% 5-year survival

% 1-year survival

% 51-year survival

Site a

‘European average’

England EC4 1995–1999

England–‘Europe Avg’ b

‘European average’

England

England–‘Europe Avg’ b

‘European average’

England

England–‘Europe Avg’ b

Head and neck

39.5

44.8

Sig higher

69.1

68.5

Lower

57.2

65.3

Sig higher

Oesophagus

11.1

9.9

Sig lower

35.8

32.9

Sig lower

30.9

30.1

Lower

Stomach

24.5

16.1

Sig lower

46.3

38.0

Sig lower

52.9

42.4

Sig lower

Colorectal

54.0

50.5

Sig lower

75.8

72.2

Sig lower

71.2

70.0

Sig lower

Liver

9.1

7.7

Sig lower

30.0

23.7

Sig lower

30.2

32.5

Higher

Gallbladder and biliary tract

14.4

15.6

Higher

35.9

37.7

Higher

40.1

41.2

Higher

Pancreas

5.7

4.4

Sig lower

20.9

16.2

Sig lower

27.1

27.0

Lower

Larynx

62.8

63.9

Higher

84.7

83.7

Lower

74.1

76.4

Sig higher

Lung

12.0

8.4

Sig lower

36.0

26.9

Sig lower

33.3

31.3

Sig lower

Bone and cartilage

55.5

52.6

Lower

77.0

73.2

Sig lower

72.0

71.9

Lower

Soft tissue

59.5

58.0

Lower

80.4

78.6

Sig lower

73.9

73.8

Lower

Melanoma of skin

82.6

84.6

Sig higher

95.0

96.0

Sig higher

87.0

88.1

Sig higher

Breastc

79.4

77.3

Sig lower

93.8

91.8

Sig lower

84.6

84.2

Lower

Cervix uteri

62.6

59.1

Sig lower

84.4

80.6

Sig lower

74.1

73.3

Lower

Corpus uteri

76.2

75.2

Lower

89.5

87.9

Sig lower

85.2

85.6

Higher

Ovary and uterine adnexa

36.5

30.2

Sig lower

66.7

59.9

Sig lower

54.7

50.5

Sig lower

Prostate

76.4

69.7

Sig lower

92.7

90.2

Sig lower

82.4

77.3

Sig lower

Testis

89.5

89.7

Higher

93.3

93.7

Higher

96.0

95.8

Lower

Bladder

72.4

72.4

Lower

86.4

84.7

Sig lower

83.8

85.5

Sig higher

Kidney

58.0

45.6

Sig lower

73.8

62.7

Sig lower

78.6

72.6

Sig lower

Brain

19.7

17.6

Sig lower

42.7

37.1

Sig lower

46.0

47.4

Higher

Thyroid

82.9

77.6

Sig lower

87.6

83.7

Sig lower

94.6

92.8

Sig lower

Hodgkin

80.1

78.6

Lower

90.4

89.7

Lower

88.7

87.6

Lower

NHL

51.5

50.7

Lower

71.8

69.4

Sig lower

71.8

73.1

Sig higher

Multiple myeloma

35.1

30.6

Sig lower

72.3

67.1

Sig lower

48.6

45.6

Sig lower

All leukaemias

42.4

42.3

Lower

64.7

64.6

Lower

65.6

65.4

Lower

  1. aSite groups classified according to ICD-O3 coding.
  2. b‘Sig lower’=England had significantly poorer survival than ‘European average’; ‘Sig higher’=England had significantly better survival than ‘European average’. Non-significant differences were labelled as either ‘Lower’ or ‘Higher’ based on the point estimates for England compared with ‘European average’.
  3. cBased on persons.