Table 3. Estimate changes in age-standardized 5-year relative survival by cancer types between 2003 and 2021.
| Cancer sites | Age-standardized 5-year relative survival [% (95% CI)] |
Average change per calendar period [% (95% CI)]c |
P for trendc | |
| 2003−2005a | 2019−2021b | |||
| a, Data extracted from Table 3 in Reference (9); b, Data extracted from Table 2 in Reference (8); c, Data extracted from Supplementary Table 5 in Reference (8). 95% CI, 95% confidence interval. | ||||
| Lip, oral cavity & pharynx | 42.2 (38.9, 45.5) | 47.0 (46.3, 47.7) | 0.8 (−0.8, 2.4) | 0.235 |
| Nasopharynx | 43.8 (39.6, 48.0) | 56.2 (55.6, 56.9) | 0.9 (−0.5, 2.4) | 0.153 |
| Esophagus | 20.9 (20.1, 21.6) | 27.9 (27.5, 28.2) | 1.8 (0.5, 3.2) | 0.019 |
| Stomach | 27.4 (26.7, 28.1) | 35.2 (35.0, 35.4) | 2.0 (1.4, 2.5) | <0.001 |
| Colon-rectum | 47.2 (46.1, 48.3) | 55.7 (55.4, 55.9) | 2.3 (1.5, 3.1) | 0.001 |
| Liver | 10.1 (9.5, 10.7) | 14.4 (14.2, 14.5) | 1.4 (0.6, 2.2) | 0.009 |
| Gallbladder | 20.1 (18.1, 22.1) | 17.8 (17.4, 18.3) | −0.1 (−1.1, 1.0) | 0.855 |
| Pancreas | 11.7 (10.5, 12.9) | 8.5 (8.2, 8.7) | −0.7 (−1.3, −0.1) | 0.026 |
| Larynx | 51.7 (47.3, 56.1) | 52.9 (51.8, 53.9) | 1.5 (0.8, 2.1) | 0.004 |
| Lung | 16.1 (15.6, 16.6) | 28.7 (28.6, 28.9) | 3.7 (1.4, 5.9) | 0.010 |
| Other thoracic organs | 30.5 (25.0, 36.0) | 40.1 (38.9, 41.4) | 1.7 (0.5, 2.9) | 0.019 |
| Bone | 17.1 (13.8, 20.5) | 39.5 (38.6, 40.4) | 3.9 (2.4, 5.4) | 0.002 |
| Melanoma of skin | 38.8 (30.8, 46.7) | 50.3 (48.6, 52.1) | 4.2 (1.8, 6.6) | 0.008 |
| Breast | 73.1 (71.2, 75.0) | 80.9 (80.5, 81.3) | 2.1 (1.4, 2.8) | 0.001 |
| Cervix | 45.4 (40.7, 50.2) | 66.9 (66.5, 67.4) | 1.7 (−0.4, 3.8) | 0.091 |
| Uterus | 55.1 (51.6, 58.5) | 68.1 (67.2, 68.9) | 3.5 (1.7, 5.3) | 0.006 |
| Ovary | 38.9 (35.4, 42.3) | 39.6 (38.9, 40.3) | 0.3 (−0.2, 0.8) | 0.132 |
| Prostate | 53.8 (49.5, 58.2) | 71.1 (70.2, 71.9) | 5.0 (3.4, 6.7) | 0.001 |
| Testis | 48.0 (31.8, 64.2) | 80.7 (78.7, 82.6) | 2.7 (0.8, 4.7) | 0.017 |
| Kidney | 62.0 (59.6, 64.4) | 65.2 (64.6, 65.7) | 1.9 (1.0, 2.7) | 0.004 |
| Bladder | 67.3 (65.3, 69.4) | 71.5 (71.0, 72.0) | 1.6 (1.3, 1.9) | <0.001 |
| Brain | 18.2 (16.0, 20.4) | 37.7 (37.3, 38.2) | 1.9 (0.3, 3.4) | 0.029 |
| Thyroid | 67.5 (63.3, 71.8) | 92.9 (92.4, 93.3) | 2.8 (1.7, 3.9) | 0.002 |
| Lymphoma | 32.6 (30.6, 34.6) | 40.8 (40.4, 41.3) | 1.9 (1.3, 2.4) | 0.001 |
| Leukemia | 19.6 (17.6, 21.7) | 30.6 (30.2, 31.1) | 2.0 (0.7, 3.4) | 0.014 |
| All others | 44.9 (43.2, 46.7) | 52.2 (51.8, 52.6) | 1.4 (0.2, 2.6) | 0.035 |
| All | 30.9 (30.6, 31.2) | 43.7 (43.6, 43.7) | 3.4 (2.8, 4.0) | <0.001 |