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Table 4. Relative survival of cancer patients by site, diagnostic interval ^¹ and symptom category ^² .

Cancer site / Diagnostic Interval^¹	All Patients				Alert Symptoms				Non-alert Symptoms
Cancer site / Diagnostic Interval^¹	5-year Relative survival	95% Confidence Interval			5-year Relative survival	95% Confidence Interval			5-year Relative survival	95% Confidence Interval
Breast
Overall	80.5	79.2	-	81.7	80.1	78.9	-	81.4	85.8	81.0	-	89.8
< 1 week	78.4	75.1	-	81.5	78.2	74.8	-	81.3	88.2	64.3	-	100.0
1–2 weeks	75.8	73.3	-	78.1	75.8	73.3	-	78.1	74.9	55.9	-	88.4
3–4 weeks	84.0	81.5	-	86.4	84.3	81.8	-	86.7	76.2	60.2	-	87.7
> 1 month	84.2	82.0	-	86.2	83.4	81.0	-	85.6	89.4	84.0	-	93.6
Colorectal
Overall	47.8	46.0	-	49.5	57.0	54.1	-	59.8	42.3	40.2	-	44.4
<1 month	44.0	40.7	-	47.2	51.6	46.7	-	56.3	36.9	32.7	-	41.2
1–2 months	49.7	45.7	-	53.6	61.0	54.8	-	67.0	41.0	35.9	-	46.0
3–6 months	51.7	48.7	-	54.6	63.1	57.9	-	68.0	45.6	42.0	-	49.2
>6 months	44.6	40.7	-	48.5	48.2	39.4	-	56.9	43.8	39.4	-	48.1
Lung
Overall	7.9	7.1	-	8.8	12.0	9.4	-	15.1	7.4	6.6	-	8.3
<1 month	7.2	5.7	-	8.8	9.4	6.2	-	13.5	6.5	5.0	-	8.4
1–2 months	6.9	5.2	-	8.8	13.2	8.0	-	20.1	5.7	4.1	-	7.7
3–6 months	9.1	7.5	-	10.8	17.7	10.9	-	26.0	8.3	6.8	-	10.1
>6 months	7.9	6.5	-	9.6	9.8	3.4	-	20.7	7.9	6.4	-	9.6
Prostate
Overall	71.5	67.8	-	75.0	76.2	67.8	-	83.6	70.4	66.3	-	74.4
<1 month	54.2	45.7	-	62.6	67.0	49.6	-	81.9	49.3	39.6	-	59.0
1–2 months	70.6	62.7	-	78.0	77.2	61.0	-	90.0	68.7	59.5	-	77.2
3–6 months	73.4	67.4	-	79.0	80.0	64.6	-	92.1	72.2	65.7	-	78.4
>6 months	85.9	77.9	-	92.8	82.4	58.4	-	98.6	86.4	77.8	-	94.0

¹time between first symptom presentation in primary care and diagnosis

²symptoms were categorized as alert or non-alert based on the NICE guidelines

Table 4. Relative survival of cancer patients by site, diagnostic interval ¹ and symptom category ² .