Table 2.
List of cancer sites following lognormal distribution in ascending order of τ (the threshold year for estimation of statistical cure rate)
| Site | τ (yr.) | CSSR (τ) | CSSR (LT) | Diff. | Pt. No. |
| Pancreas | 2.6 | 7.1 | 3.3 | 3.8 | 14926 |
| Gallbladder | 3.3 | 24.6 | 20.1 | 4.5 | 2123 |
| Liver | 3.7 | 13.7 | 10.6 | 3.1 | 3244 |
| Esophagus | 3.9 | 14.5 | 9.9 | 4.6 | 7021 |
| Hypopharynx | 5.1 | 66.9 | 62.2 | 4.7 | 1869 |
| Stomach | 5.8 | 27.3 | 22.3 | 5.0 | 15310 |
| Intrahepatic Bile Duct | 5.9 | 23.7 | 20.3 | 3.4 | 327 |
| Tonsil | 7.4 | 82.5 | 79.8 | 2.7 | 1137 |
| Ureter | 7.8 | 86.2 | 85.3 | 0.9 | 1122 |
| Tongue | 8.0 | 61.0 | 56.1 | 4.9 | 2264 |
| Brain | 8.6 | 24.4 | 22.0 | 2.4 | 5019 |
| Lung & Bronchus (age<60) | 9.0 | 17.0 | 11.2 | 5.8 | 24408 |
| Floor of Mouth | 9.3 | 80.3 | 75.1 | 5.2 | 1430 |
| Small Intestine | 10.3 | 65.7 | 65.2 | 0.5 | 1633 |
| Ovary | 10.4 | 38.0 | 34.9 | 3.1 | 8400 |
| Vagina | 10.6 | 81.0 | 81.0 | 0 | 618 |
| Cecum | 10.8 | 53.4 | 48.5 | 4.9 | 6766 |
| Nasopharynx | 10.8 | 55.4 | 49.5 | 5.9 | 456 |
| Corpus Uteri | 11.1 | 99.0 | 98.3 | 0.7 | 14894 |
| Cervix Uteri | 11.2 | 69.7 | 68.2 | 1.6 | 8166 |
| Large Intestine, NOS | 11.2 | 41.5 | 37.8 | 3.7 | 1466 |
| Splenic Flexure | 11.6 | 49.5 | 47.2 | 2.3 | 1223 |
| Other Nervous System# | 11.7 | 85.8 | 83.6 | 2.1 | 293 |
| Colon (age<60) | 12.2 | 60.1 | 57.1 | 3.0 | 7556 |
| Hepatic Flexure | 12.3 | 52.0 | 49.2 | 2.8 | 1184 |
| Penis | 13.0 | 83.7 | 83.7 | 0 | 766 |
| Uterus, NOS | 13.4 | 70.5 | 70.5 | 0 | 423 |
| Anus, Anal Canal & Anorectum | 13.5 | 85.3 | 85.3 | 0 | 1254 |
| Nasal Cavity, Middle Ear & Accessory Sinuses | 14.6 | 65.2 | 65.2 | 0 | 449 |
| Soft Tissue (with heart) | 15.1 | 69.3 | 66.1 | 3.2 | 1938 |
| Bones & Joints | 16.2 | 63.8 | 63.3 | 0.5 | 728 |
| Larynx | 16.8 | 73.7 | 68.6 | 5.1 | 8899 |
| Skin Melanomas | 18.2 | 77.8 | 75.8 | 2.0 | 10905 |
| Appendix | 19.7 | 66.8 | 66.8 | 0 | 199 |
| Vulva | 20.2 | 84.5 | 83.6 | 0.7 | 1931 |
| Retroperitoneum | 20.2 | 74.3 | 74.3 | 0 | 681 |
| Pleura | 21.2 | 72.1 | 72.1 | 0 | 376 |
| Eye & Orbit | 23.8 | 84.4 | 82.7 | 1.7 | 641 |
| Prostate (age<60, 1973–77) | 24.6 | 36.7 | 33.9 | 2.8 | 809 |
| Salivary Gland (1973–77) | 25.2 | 73.5 | 73.5 | 0 | 309 |
| Breast (age<60, 1973–77) | 36.2 | xxx | 52.5 | xxx | 9549 |
| Thyroid (1973–77) | 134.1 | xxx | 88.7 | xxx | 1259 |
CSSR (τ) denotes cancer-specific survival rate at τ year in percent, calculated by Kaplan-Meier method;
CSSR (LT) denotes long-term cancer-specific survival rate in percent, calculated by Kaplan-Meier method up to 1999;
Diff. denotes difference between CSSR (τ) and LT CSSR in percentage point;
Pt. No. denotes number of all patients, alive or dead, with or without disease;
NOS denotes not otherwise specified;
# Nervous system other than brain;
xxx denotes data not available as at 1999.