title: [Survival chances of patients diagnosed with cancer in 1975-1985 in southeast Noord-Brabant and north Limburg].
abstract: In order to determine the population-based survival of patients with cancer and changes over time, a follow-up study with the Eindhoven Cancer Registry was carried out in 11 hospitals in southeastern Noord Brabant and northern Limburg. Data were collected from medical records and supplemented with information on date of death as of 31 December, 1987, and the relative survival, the ratio of observed and expected survival and trends in age-specific cancer mortality were calculated. Of 22,833 patients diagnosed in the period 1975-85 22,744 could be evaluated; 22% were over 75 years of age and 13% did not receive primary treatment of the tumour. The 5 and 10-year cumulative relative survival rates were 33% and 27% for men and 51% and 44% for women, respectively. The 10-year relative survival rate was more than 50% for Hodgkin's disease, melanoma and cancer of the testis, breast, larynx, thyroid, uterine cervix and corpus; it was less than 20% for multiple myeloma, cancer of the oesophagus, stomach, gallbladder, pancreas, lung and brain. Comparison with 5-year relative survival rates for the various tumours reported in Finland, the Canton of Vaud (Switzerland) and the United States revealed only small differences. The 5-year relative survival rate remained unaltered for men and increased from 50% in the period 1975-79 to 52% in 1980-85 for women; it improved mainly in patients below 45 years, while cancer mortality also declined below this age. In conclusion, there was a slight increase of survival of cancer patients, mainly the young and women.
authors.affiliation: Integraal Kankercentrum Zuid, IKZ/SOOZ-kankerregistratie, Eindhoven.
authors.forename: J W
authors.initials: JW
authors.lastname: Coebergh
authors.forename: M T
authors.initials: MT
authors.lastname: Verhagen-Teulings
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Crommelin
authors.forename: L H
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: van der Heijden
authors.forename: W C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Hop
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality*; D009426:Netherlands / Q000453:epidemiology; D011159:Population Surveillance; D012042:Registries; D016019:Survival Analysis; D015996:Survival Rate
vernacular_title: De overlevingskansen bij patiënten met kanker gediagnostiseerd in 1975-1985 in Zuidoost-Noord-Brabant en Noord-Limburg.