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. 2013 Feb 28;108(5):1195–1208. doi: 10.1038/bjc.2013.6

Table 3. All-ages, age-specific and age-standardised 3-year net survival (%) with 95% CI, by stage at diagnosis and country for women diagnosed with breast cancer during 2000-2007.

  Australiaa
Canadab
Denmarkc
Norway
Swedend
UKe
  NS (%) 95% CI NS (%) 95% CI NS (%) 95% CI NS (%) 95% CI NS (%) 95% CI NS (%) 95% CI
TNM stage
All patients
All ages       92.4 92.0 92.9 89.0 88.2 89.8 90.6 90.1 91.1 94.3 93.8 94.8 87.3 87.1 87.5
Age-standardised       92.4 92.0 92.7 89.0 88.4 89.6 90.5 90.1 90.9 94.1 93.8 94.5 87.4 87.3 87.6
15–49       93.4 92.8 94.0 93.1 92.1 94.2 92.8 92.1 93.5 95.5 94.9 96.1 91.1 90.8 91.4
50–69       94.1 93.7 94.6 91.5 90.8 92.3 93.8 93.4 94.2 95.7 95.3 96.1 91.6 91.4 91.8
70–99
 
 
 
89.2
88.2
90.3
82.5
80.7
84.4
83.5
82.1
84.8
90.9
89.7
92.2
78.6
78.1
79.1
Stage I
All ages       99.7 99.5 99.8 99.4 98.9 99.8 99.5 99.3 99.8 99.3 99.0 99.6 99.3 99.2 99.4
Age-standardised       99.7 99.6 99.7 99.4 99.1 99.6 99.5 99.4 99.7 99.3 99.1 99.4 99.3 99.2 99.4
15–49       99.3 98.9 99.7 98.6 97.6 99.7 99.0 98.6 99.5 98.5 97.9 99.1 98.5 98.2 98.8
50–69       99.7 99.5 99.9 99.4 99.0 99.9 99.6 99.3 99.8 99.4 99.1 99.6 99.4 99.2 99.5
70–99
 
 
 
99.9
99.8
100.0
99.8
99.5
100.0
99.8
99.7
99.9
99.7
99.6
99.9
99.7
99.6
99.9
Stage II
All ages       96.4 NA NA 95.5 94.4 96.6 91.5 90.7 92.3 94.1 93.3 94.8 92.4 92.1 92.8
Age-standardised       96.4 96.0 96.8 95.3 94.4 96.2 91.4 90.8 92.0 94.1 93.6 94.6 92.4 92.2 92.7
15–49       96.0 95.2 96.7 95.5 94.1 96.9 92.7 91.8 93.7 94.9 94.0 95.8 92.4 92.0 92.9
50–69       96.2 95.5 96.9 96.8 95.8 97.7 93.4 92.6 94.1 94.7 94.0 95.5 93.1 92.8 93.5
70–99
 
 
 
97.2
95.8
98.7
93.2
90.0
96.3
87.1
84.8
89.3
92.5
90.8
94.2
91.2
90.4
92.1
Stage III
All ages       83.1 81.2 84.9 82.7 80.2 85.1 79.2 75.6 82.9 76.2 72.8 79.7 70.2 69.0 71.4
Age-standardised       82.0 81.1 82.9 81.9 80.7 83.0 80.7 79.2 82.2 77.3 75.8 78.8 70.7 69.9 71.5
15–49       85.8 84.1 87.5 85.7 83.5 87.9 84.6 81.6 87.6 81.7 78.8 84.7 76.5 74.8 78.1
50–69       84.9 83.2 86.6 84.4 82.1 86.7 83.4 80.3 86.5 80.7 77.8 83.7 74.6 73.3 76.0
70–99
 
 
 
76.2
73.4
79.0
76.5
73.1
79.9
73.8
69.2
78.5
69.7
65.3
74.1
61.9
59.9
63.9
Stage IV
All ages       39.9 36.9 42.8 35.6 31.7 39.5 31.6 28.7 34.5 41.8 37.3 46.2 27.4 26.1 28.8
Age-standardised       37.8 35.6 40.1 36.1 33.4 38.8 31.6 29.6 33.7 41.8 38.6 45.0 27.9 26.9 28.9
15–49       55.4 49.7 61.0 54.3 44.4 64.1 34.9 29.0 40.8 64.8 56.1 73.5 36.2 33.1 39.4
50–69       39.6 35.8 43.4 40.4 35.4 45.3 37.4 33.5 41.4 41.6 35.7 47.5 33.1 31.2 35.0
70–99
 
 
 
31.5
26.6
36.3
26.5
21.6
31.5
25.5
21.5
29.5
34.2
27.5
40.9
20.8
19.0
22.6
Missing stage
All ages       85.9 84.7 87.1 74.5 71.2 77.9 85.6 83.7 87.6 94.3 93.1 95.5 77.0 76.5 77.6
Age-standardised       85.8 84.9 86.7 76.2 74.1 78.4 87.3 86.1 88.5 92.3 91.0 93.7 77.1 76.7 77.5
15–49       93.0 91.6 94.4 88.7 83.0 94.4 95.0 93.1 96.8 96.8 95.4 98.3 88.0 87.2 88.7
50–69       90.7 89.6 91.8 76.4 72.2 80.6 92.9 91.5 94.4 97.5 96.8 98.2 85.7 85.2 86.3
70–99
 
 
 
80.1
78.1
82.1
71.9
67.4
76.3
79.5
76.3
82.7
87.2
83.8
90.6
66.9
66.0
67.9
SEER Summary Stage 2000
All patients
All ages 92.5 92.2 92.9 92.4 92.0 92.8 89.0 88.3 89.8 90.6 90.0 91.1 94.3 93.8 94.8 86.1 85.6 86.7
Age-standardised 92.2 91.9 92.5 92.5 92.1 92.8 89.2 88.7 89.8 90.7 90.3 91.1 94.2 93.9 94.6 86.6 86.3 87.0
15–49 93.7 93.2 94.2 93.4 92.9 94.0 93.2 92.1 94.2 92.9 92.2 93.6 95.5 94.9 96.1 90.6 89.9 91.3
50–69 94.4 94.1 94.8 94.1 93.7 94.5 91.5 90.8 92.3 93.7 93.3 94.2 95.7 95.3 96.1 90.6 90.1 91.1
70–99
88.0
87.0
89.0
89.2
88.2
90.3
82.6
80.8
84.4
83.5
82.1
84.9
90.9
89.7
92.2
77.2
76.0
78.4
Localised
All ages 98.8 98.3 99.1 99.4 99.1 99.6 98.9 98.4 99.5 98.7 NA NA 98.3 97.9 98.7 98.5 98.2 98.9
Age-standardised 98.7 98.5 99.0 99.3 99.2 99.5 98.9 98.6 99.2 98.7 98.4 99.0 98.3 98.0 98.5 98.6 98.3 98.8
15–49 98.2 97.7 98.6 98.7 98.2 99.1 98.4 97.4 99.4 98.3 97.7 98.9 97.7 97.2 98.3 96.9 96.2 97.7
50–69 98.9 98.6 99.2 99.3 99.0 99.6 98.6 97.8 99.5 99.0 98.7 99.4 98.2 97.8 98.6 98.5 98.1 99.0
70–99
98.8
97.5
100.0
100.0
99.9
100.0
99.8
99.4
100.0
98.3
96.8
99.7
98.8
97.8
99.7
99.8
99.3
100.0
Regional
All ages 91.6 90.9 92.3 91.2 90.3 92.1 91.2 90.0 92.4 88.6 87.7 89.6 88.0 86.8 89.3 87.2 86.1 88.2
Age-standardised 91.4 90.9 91.9 91.1 90.5 91.8 91.1 90.3 92.0 89.0 88.3 89.6 89.0 88.2 89.8 87.2 86.5 88.0
15–49 92.2 91.3 93.0 91.8 90.7 92.9 92.5 91.0 94.1 91.7 90.6 92.9 92.0 90.5 93.5 89.3 88.0 90.7
50–69 92.9 92.2 93.6 92.9 92.0 93.8 92.4 91.3 93.6 91.7 90.8 92.6 91.2 90.1 92.4 88.5 87.4 89.6
70–99
87.8
85.9
89.7
87.0
84.5
89.5
87.1
83.9
90.4
79.8
77.1
82.4
80.5
77.6
83.4
82.5
79.9
85.0
Distant
All ages 53.7 51.4 56.0 39.7 36.8 42.7 35.3 31.5 39.2 31.4 28.6 34.3 41.7 37.2 46.1 54.8 49.1 60.6
Age-standardised 52.0 50.3 53.6 38.6 36.4 40.8 37.2 34.4 39.9 32.3 30.2 34.3 42.9 39.7 46.1 54.8 50.3 59.2
15–49 71.3 67.2 75.3 55.2 49.5 60.9 54.2 44.4 64.1 34.9 29.0 40.8 64.9 56.2 73.5 65.8 52.5 79.2
50–69 60.8 57.9 63.8 39.8 36.0 43.6 40.8 35.8 45.7 37.8 33.8 41.8 41.9 36.0 47.8 62.5 55.6 69.4
70–99
34.5
30.8
38.3
30.8
26.0
35.6
25.6
20.7
30.4
24.9
21.0
28.8
33.6
27.0
40.3
41.9
32.6
51.2
Missing stage
All ages 80.6 78.7 82.5 85.6 84.4 86.7 74.3 71.0 77.6 85.2 83.3 87.2 94.1 92.9 95.4 71.2 70.0 72.3
Age-standardised 80.6 79.1 82.0 85.2 84.2 86.1 75.9 73.7 78.1 86.7 85.4 88.0 92.1 90.7 93.5 71.3 70.4 72.1
15–49 88.1 85.6 90.7 92.9 91.5 94.3 89.5 84.0 95.0 94.8 92.9 96.7 96.9 95.4 98.4 83.8 82.1 85.5
50–69 87.3 85.5 89.2 90.5 89.3 91.6 76.3 72.1 80.6 92.7 91.2 94.2 97.4 96.7 98.1 79.6 78.4 80.9
70–99 73.0 69.6 76.4 79.6 77.5 81.7 71.5 67.0 76.0 79.0 75.8 82.2 86.9 83.5 90.4 61.5 59.7 63.3

Abbreviations: CI=confidence interval; NA=not available; NS=net survival; TNM=Tumour, Nodes, Metastasis staging system.

a

Australia: New South Wales

b

Canada: British Columbia and Manitoba.

c

In Denmark we analysed women diagnosed during 2004–7.

d

Sweden: Uppsala-Örebro and Stockholm-Gotland health regions.

e

United Kingdom (TNM analysis): Northern Ireland, Wales and the Northern and Yorkshire Cancer Registry and Information Service, Eastern Cancer Registration and Information Centre, Oxford Cancer Intelligence Unit, West Midlands Cancer Intelligence Unit in England; United Kingdom (SEER analysis): Northern Ireland and Wales.