Table 3. Age-adjusted 5-year relative survival (RS) of colorectal cancer in subsites for the period 2002–2006 by morphology.
Overall
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Adenocarcinoma in polyp
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Mucinous adenocarcinoma
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Other adenocarcinoma
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Other
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Subsite | N | RS (s.e.) | N (%) | RS (s.e.) | N (%) | RS (s.e.) | N (%) | RS (s.e.) | N (%) | RS (s.e.) |
Overall | 164 996 | 63.0 (0.2) | 7591 (4.6) | 78.0 (1.0) | 16 922 (10.3) | 59.5 (0.7) | 129 127 (78.3) | 64.3 (0.2) | 11 356 (6.9) | 38.9 (0.7) |
Appendix | 1103 | 66.4 (2.9) | 15 (1.4) | 297 (26.9) | 342 (31.0) | 449 (40.7) | ||||
Caecum | 14 604 | 61.7 (0.8) | 615 (4.2) | 76.6 (4.1) | 2340 (16.0) | 59.3 (1.9) | 10 726 (73.4) | 62.5 (0.9) | 923 (6.3) | 43.8 (2.6) |
Ascending colon | 16 087 | 66.5 (0.7) | 539 (3.4) | 77.5 (3.8) | 2365 (14.7) | 66.4 (1.8) | 12 399 (77.1) | 67.7 (0.8) | 784 (4.9) | 34.4 (3.2) |
Hepatic flexure | 5043 | 61.2 (1.3) | 135 (2.7) | 675 (13.4) | 66.7 (3.5) | 3981 (78.9) | 61.7 (1.4) | 252 (5.0) | 22.8 (4.7) | |
Transverse colon | 7880 | 63.5 (1.0) | 264 (3.4) | 1072 (13.6) | 61.4 (2.6) | 6141 (77.9) | 64.8 (1.1) | 403 (5.1) | 37.0 (4.4) | |
Right colon | 43 614 | 63.8 (0.4) | 1553 (3.6) | 75.7 (2.4) | 6452 (14.8) | 63.0 (1.1) | 33 247 (76.2) | 64.8 (0.5) | 2362 (5.4) | 38.6 (1.8) |
Splenic flexure | 3630 | 60.3 (1.5) | 112 (3.1) | 425 (11.7) | 63.5 (4.1) | 2917 (80.4) | 61.2 (1.6) | 176 (4.8) | 15.2 (4.5) | |
Descending colon | 5135 | 67.7(1.2) | 241 (4.7) | 544 (10.6) | 62.2 (3.7) | 4142 (80.7) | 69.1 (1.4) | 208 (4.1) | ||
Sigmoid colon | 38 331 | 65.3 (0.5) | 2083 (5.4) | 85.5 (1.7) | 3047 (7.9) | 57.9 (1.6) | 31 370(81.8) | 66.1 (0.5) | 1831 (4.8) | 37.9 (2.0) |
Left colon | 47 096 | 65.2 (0.4) | 2436 (5.2) | 83.9 (1.6) | 4016 (8.5) | 58.9 (1.4) | 38 429 (81.6) | 66.0 (0.5) | 2215 (4.7) | 36.9 (1.8) |
Overlapping, colon | 1817 | 58.4 (2.1) | 63 (3.5) | 263 (14.5) | 1400 (77.1) | 60.2 (2.3) | 91 (5.0) | |||
Colon, NOS | 10 985 | 55.2 (0.9) | 489 (4.5) | 80.1 (4.1) | 1065 (9.7) | 60.1 (2.8) | 6970 (63.5) | 60.9 (1.1) | 2461 (22.4) | 26.7 (1.6) |
Colon, overall | 104 615 | 63.8 (0.3) | 4556 (4.4) | 80.5 (1.3) | 12 093 (11.6) | 61.4 (0.8) | 80 388 (76.8) | 65.2 (0.3) | 7578 (7.2) | 37.4 (0.9) |
Rectosigmoid | 7252 | 65.2 (1.1) | 365 (5.0) | 693 (9.6) | 59.6 (3.4) | 5885 (81.2) | 66.7 (1.2) | 309 (4.3) | 35.9 (4.2) | |
Rectum | 53 129 | 60.7 (0.4) | 2670 (5.0) | 73.9 (1.8) | 4136 (7.8) | 53.8 (1.3) | 42 854 (80.7) | 61.8 (0.4) | 3469 (6.5) | 41.9 (1.3) |
Rectum and rectosigmoid | 60 381 | 61.2 (0.4) | 3035 (5.0) | 74.1 (1.7) | 4829 (8.0) | 54.7 (1.3) | 48 739 (80.7) | 62.3 (0.4) | 3778 (6.3) | 41.4 (1.3) |
Abbreviation: NOS=not otherwise specified. Unstable estimates of survival (s.e.⩾5% or N<100 or missing age-specific estimate) were omitted. All percentages represent proportions of row totals.
The ‘Other’ group also included microscopically unverified cases.