Leading cancers - Changes in five-year relative survival

Articles and reports: 82-003-X20030026811
Description:

Five-year relative survival ratios for prostate and breast cancer rose substantially in the 1985 to 1987 and the 1992 to 1994 periods. Increases in survival ratios for colorectal cancer over the same periods were smaller, but still statistically significant. Relative survival for lung cancer changed little.

Issue Number: 2003002
Author(s): Ellison, Lawrence; Gibbons, Laurie
Main Product: Health Reports
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PDF March 29, 2004