Table 1. Trends in long-term relative survival (%) predicted for women diagnosed with invasive breast cancer during 1991–1993, 1996–1998 and 1999–2003, by age at diagnosis and time since diagnosis: England and Wales.
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Calendar period of follow-up used in the analyses
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1991–1993 (period approach)
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1996–1998 (period approach)
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1999–2003 (hybrid approach)
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| Age at diagnosis | Women1 | Deaths | Relative survival (95% CI) | Women1 | Deaths | Relative survival (95% CI) | Women1 | Deaths | Relative survival (95% CI) | 10-year change2 in relative survival (95% CI) |
| Time since diagnosis | ||||||||||
| All ages (15–99), age-standardised | ||||||||||
| 10 years | 256 954 | 48 423 | 54.3 (53.8–54.9) | 314 026 | 49 216 | 63.7 (63.2–64.3) | 329 498 | 62 038 | 71.5 (71.0–72.0) | 17.1 (16.4–17.9) |
| 15 years | 47.8 (46.9–48.7) | 56.4 (55.5–57.3) | 67.3 (66.4–68.1) | 19.5 (18.2–20.8) | ||||||
| 20 years | 44.4 (43.1–45.7) | 52.0 (50.8–53.3) | 64.3 (62.9–65.7) | 19.7 (17.9–21.6) | ||||||
| 15–49 years | ||||||||||
| 10 years | 67 553 | 7 451 | 60.2 (59.4–61.0) | 82 750 | 7 665 | 66.6 (65.9–67.3) | 84 871 | 8 842 | 73.0 (72.4–73.7) | 12.8 (11.8–13.9) |
| 15 years | 54.0 (53.1–54.9) | 60.2 (59.3–61.0) | 67.6 (66.8–68.3) | 13.7 (12.5–14.8) | ||||||
| 20 years | 49.8 (48.8–50.8) | 55.8 (54.8–56.7) | 63.4 (62.5–64.2) | 13.7 (12.3–15.0) | ||||||
| 50–69 years | ||||||||||
| 10 years | 125 214 | 19 236 | 59.7 (59.0–60.4) | 154 006 | 18 524 | 70.8 (70.2–71.4) | 165 459 | 21 445 | 79.1 (78.6–79.6) | 19.1 (18.3–20.0) |
| 15 years | 51.9 (51.1–52.7) | 62.7 (61.9–63.5) | 75.2 (74.6–75.9) | 23.5 (22.4–24.5) | ||||||
| 20 years | 48.0 (47.0–49.0) | 57.6 (56.6–58.6) | 71.7 (70.7–72.6) | 23.8 (22.3–25.2) | ||||||
| 70–99 years | ||||||||||
| 10 years | 64 187 | 21 736 | 45.0 (43.8–46.1) | 77 270 | 23 027 | 54.9 (53.6–56.1) | 79 168 | 31 751 | 62.6 (61.4–63.7) | 17.6 (16.0–19.2) |
| 15 years | 39.1 (37.4–40.8) | 46.7 (44.9–48.5) | 59.0 (57.1–60.8) | 19.7 (17.2–22.3) | ||||||
| 20 years | 37.4 (33.9–41.0) | 43.2 (40.1–46.3) | 58.7 (55.2–62.0) | 21.4 (16.5–26.3) | ||||||
1
Number of women alive at some point during the period of follow-up used in the analyses.
2
10-year change in relative survival (absolute fitted increase, %) derived from a variance-weighted linear regression of relative survival estimates for the periods 1991–1993, 1996–1998 and 1999–2003.