Recent improvement in survival of breast cancer patients in Saarland, Germany.
A new method for more timely monitoring of cancer patient survival was employed to assess progress in 5-year survival of breast cancer patients in Saarland, Germany, between 1980-84 and 1990-94. Five-year relative survival gradually increased from 68.8% to 73.5%. Improvements were most pronounced among age groups 50-59 and 60-69. The latter had the highest 5-year relative survival (77.1%) in 1990-94.
Brenner
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Department of Epidemiology, University of Ulm, Germany.
Stegmaier
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Ziegler
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D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality*; D005260:Female; D005858:Germany / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D012042:Registries; D016019:Survival Analysis