title: Long-term survival expectations of cancer patients in Europe in 2000-2002.
abstract: Period analysis has been shown to provide more up-to-date estimates of long-term cancer survival rates than traditional cohort-based analysis. Here, we provide detailed period estimates of 5- and 10-year relative survival by cancer site, country, sex and age for calendar years 2000-2002. In addition, pan-European estimates of 1-, 5- and 10-year relative survival are provided. Overall, survival estimates were mostly higher than previously available cohort estimates. For most cancer sites, survival in countries from Northern Europe, Central Europe and Southern Europe was substantially higher than in the United Kingdom and Ireland and in countries from Eastern Europe. Furthermore, relative survival was also better in female than in male patients and decreased with age for most cancer sites.
authors.affiliation: Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany. h.brenner@dkfz.de
authors.forename: Hermann
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Brenner
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Francisci
authors.forename: Roberta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: de Angelis
authors.forename: Rafael
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Marcos-Gragera
authors.forename: Arduino
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Verdecchia
authors.forename: Gemma
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Gatta
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Allemani
authors.forename: Laura
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Ciccolallo
authors.forename: Michel
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Coleman
authors.forename: Milena
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Sant
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D017677:Age Distribution; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005060:Europe / Q000453:epidemiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008017:Life Expectancy; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000401:mortality*; D012042:Registries; D016019:Survival Analysis; D015996:Survival Rate; D055815:Young Adult