title: Cancer survival in the USA, 1973-1990: a statistical analysis.
abstract: Relative survival rates in the National Cancer Institute (NCI) 'SEER' review of cancer in the USA are fitted by a model which can be used to estimate median survival time in any calendar year. It is argued that median survival times (MSTs) are better indicators of survival than 5-year relative survival rates (RSRs), especially when survival times are short.
authors.affiliation: MRC Radiation and Genome Stability Unit, Didcot, Oxfordshire, UK.
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Papworth
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Lloyd
mesh_terms: D000206:Actuarial Analysis; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality*; D012737:Sex Factors; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology