Table 1.

Life expectancy and age of patients with the four most common cancers in the UK.3–7

	Primary site, %
	Breast	Lung	Colorectal	Prostate
Aged >60 years at diagnosis	58	85	83	89
Survival at 1 year for metastatic disease	49	33	49	82
Survival at 5 years for metastatic disease	12	<5	3	30