OS11 - 165 Brain Cancer Survival and Conditional Survival Rates in Canada (1992-2008)

Conditional survival after a diagnosis of malignant brain tumour in Canada: 2000-2008.

BACKGROUND "Conditional survival probability" is defined as the probability that a patient will survive an additional time, given that the patient has already survived a defined period of time after diagnosis. Such estimates might be more relevant for clinicians and patients during post-diagnosis care, because survival probability projections are based on the patient's survival to date. Here, w...

Cancer survival in Qidong, China, 1992-2000.

The Qidong cancer registry was established in 1972, and registration of cases is done by active and passive methods. The registry contributed data on 33 cancer sites or types registered during 1992-2000 for this survival study. Data on 22 cancers registered during 1972-2000 were utilized to elicit the survival trend by period and cohort approaches. Follow-up was done by a mixture of active and ...

Cancer survival in Shanghai, China, 1992-1995.

The Shanghai cancer registry, established in 1963, is the oldest one in mainland China; cancer registration is entirely done by passive methods. The registry contributed data on 52 cancer sites or types registered during 1992-1995 for this survival study. The methods of follow-up have been a mixture of both active and passive ones, with median follow-up ranging 3-81 months. The proportion with ...

Interpreting cancer survival rates.

Conditional survival in patients with thyroid cancer.

BACKGROUND Thyroid cancer is an increasingly common malignancy. Although likelihood of survival from well-differentiated thyroid cancer can vary by disease severity, it is not known how patients' life expectancies change the farther they are from time of diagnosis. METHODS Using data from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, End Results (SEER) registry, we selected patients diagnosed with well-dif...