title: Predicted trends in long-term breast cancer survival in England and Wales.
abstract: Trends in long-term relative survival from breast cancer are examined for women diagnosed in England and Wales up to 2001, using both period and hybrid approaches. Large improvements in long-term survival are predicted. Women with breast cancer still experience persistent excess mortality up to at least 20 years after diagnosis.
authors.affiliation: Cancer Research UK Cancer Survival Group, Non-Communicable Disease Epidemiology Unit, Department of Epidemiology and Population Health, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK.
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Woods
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rachet
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Cooper
authors.forename: M P
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Coleman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality*; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008875:Middle Aged; D015996:Survival Rate; D013997:Time Factors; D014852:Wales / Q000453:epidemiology