Conditional Relative Survival of Cancer Patients and Conditional Probability of Death: A French National Database Analysis

Little information is available on the conditional probabilities of death among patients who survive for >5 years after a diagnosis with cancer. The objective of this study was to estimate the conditional probabilities of death for breast cancer, prostate cancer, colorectal cancer, and lung cance...

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Published in:Cancer 2009-10, Vol.115 (19), p.4616-4624
Main Authors: BOUVIER, Anne-Marie, REMONTET, Laurent, FAIVRE, Jean, HEDELIN, Guy, LAUNOY, Guy, JOOSTE, Valérie, GROSCLAUDE, Pascale, BELOT, Aurélien, LACOUR, Brigitte, ESTEVE, Jacques, BOSSARD, Nadine
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Biological and medical sciences
Breast Neoplasms - mortality
Colorectal Neoplasms - mortality
Female
France - epidemiology
Humans
Lung Neoplasms - mortality
Male
Medical sciences
Middle Aged
Neoplasms - mortality
Probability
Prostatic Neoplasms - mortality
Registries
Survival Analysis
Time Factors
Tumors
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Summary:Little information is available on the conditional probabilities of death among patients who survive for >5 years after a diagnosis with cancer. The objective of this study was to estimate the conditional probabilities of death for breast cancer, prostate cancer, colorectal cancer, and lung cancer in France. The study included data from the French Network of Cancer Registries from 205,562 patients aged 4% at 10 years. During the 3 years after diagnosis, the probability of death was greater for older patients with breast cancer; then, it decreased less for younger patients compared with older patients, leading to a greater conditional probability of death among younger patients at 4 years and up to 10 years. The annual probability of death in patients with lung cancer decreased for both sexes but remained substantially higher for men than for women, reaching approximately 8% and 5%, respectively, at 10 years. Further studies would facilitate a better understanding of the observed differences in relative survival within European countries.
ISSN:0008-543X
1097-0142
DOI:10.1002/cncr.24489