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. 2012 Oct 8;12:460. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-12-460

Table 1.

Conditional 5-year relative survival estimates, by type of cancer and number of years since diagnosis, for patients aged 15–89 years at diagnosis, NSW Australia 1998-2006

Type of cancer Number of patients Estimated conditional 5-year relativesurvival (95% confidence intervals)
At diagnosis 1 year after diagnosis 3 years after diagnosis 5 years after diagnosis 10 years after diagnosis
Stomach
5,193
28.5
51.3
79.4
91.0
95.0
 
 
(27.2-29.8)
(48.8-53.8)
(76.2-82.6)
(87.6-94.3)
(91.0-98.9)
Colorectum
35,455
65.0
75.5
86.8
93.2
98.8
 
 
(64.4-65.7)
(74.8-76.3)
(86.0-87.6)
(92.3-94.0)
(97.7-99.9)
Pancreas
5,213
5.6
21.9
64.3
81.8
94.7
 
 
(5.0-6.3)
(19.2-24.7)
(56.9-71.7)
(73.8-89.9)
(86.1-103.4)
Lung
23,027
13.9
32.6
63.9
75.5
84.8
 
 
(13.4-14.4)
(31.4-33.8)
(61.8-66.1)
(73.0-78.0)
(81.5-88.1)
Melanoma
27,888
92.6
93.8
95.9
97.3
99.0
 
 
(92.1-93.1)
(93.2-94.3)
(95.3-96.4)
(96.7-97.9)
(98.4-99.6)
Breast (females)
36,585
88.6
88.8
90.4
91.6
93.3
 
 
(88.2-89.0)
(88.3-89.2)
(89.8-90.9)
(91.0-92.1)
(92.6-94.1)
Cervix
2,368
73.2
81.4
90.7
95.1
95.3
 
 
(71.4-75.0)
(79.3-83.5)
(89.0-92.4)
(93.7-96.6)
(93.9-96.8)
Prostate
39,851
90.2
90.7
91.2
90.0
89.6
 
 
(89.6-90.7)
(90.0-91.3)
(90.4-92.0)
(89.1-90.9)
(87.5-91.6)
Kidney
6,940
64.0
78.1
87.2
89.6
88.8
 
 
(62.7-65.4)
(76.4-79.9)
(85.5-89.0)
(87.7-91.4)
(86.1-91.4)
Bladder
6,154
62.5
75.1
86.0
89.8
91.5
 
 
(61.0-64.0)
(73.2-77.1)
(83.9-88.0)
(87.7-92.0)
(89.1-94.0)
Thyroid
4,508
96.0
98.7
98.8
98.9
98.3
    (95.1-96.8) (97.7-99.6) (97.9-99.6) (98.0-99.9) (97.0-99.6)