title: A comparison of prostate cancer survival in England, Norway and Sweden: a population-based study.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The objective of the study was to compare patterns of survival 2001-2004 in prostate cancer patients from England, Norway and Sweden in relation to age and period of follow-up.
  
  
  METHODS
  Excess mortality in men with prostate cancer was estimated using nation-wide cancer register data using a period approach for relative survival. 179,112 men in England, 23,192 in Norway and 59,697 in Sweden were included.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In all age groups, England had the lowest survival, particularly so among men aged 80+. Overall age-standardised five-year survival was 76.4%, 80.3% and 83.0% for England, Norway and Sweden, respectively. The majority of the excess deaths in England were confined to the first year of follow-up.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The results indicate that a small but important group of older patients present at a late stage and succumb early to their cancers, possibly in combination with severe comorbidity, and this situation is more common in England than in Norway or Sweden.
authors: King's College London, Medical School, Division of Cancer Studies, Section of Cancer Epidemiology, SE1 9RT London, UK. lars.holmberg@kcl.ac.uk
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Holmberg
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Robinson
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Sandin
authors: F
authors: F
authors: Bray
authors: K M
authors: KM
authors: Linklater
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Klint
authors: P C
authors: PC
authors: Lambert
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Adolfsson
authors: F C
authors: FC
authors: Hamdy
authors: J
authors: J
authors: Catto
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Møller
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004739:England / Q000453:epidemiology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008403:Mass Screening; D009664:Norway / Q000453:epidemiology; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality*; D015980:Public Health Practice; D015996:Survival Rate; D013548:Sweden / Q000453:epidemiology