Increasing survival trend after cancer diagnosis in Sweden: 1960-1984.
We analyzed the survival trend after cancer was diagnosed by complete follow-up through 1986 of 591,456 (99.4%) of all those patients in whom a first malignant disease was diagnosed in Sweden from 1960 to 1984. From 1960-1964 to 1980-1984, the 5-year relative survival increased from 34.2% to 47.1% in males and from 48.7% to 56.9% in females. The mean loss of expected life among cancer patients decreased from 9.6 to 7.0 years. During the first 5 years after diagnosis, the cancer-specific hazard rate decreased by 34% in males and 30% in females. Thus several analytical approaches revealed a substantial increase in cancer patient survival since 1960.
Adami
H O
HO
Department of Surgery, University Hospital, Uppsala, Sweden.
Sparén
P
P
Bergström
R
R
Holmberg
L
L
Krusemo
U B
UB
Pontén
J
J
D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008017:Life Expectancy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000401:mortality*; D012737:Sex Factors; D016019:Survival Analysis; D015996:Survival Rate; D013548:Sweden / Q000453:epidemiology; D013997:Time Factors