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. 2019 Jan;20(1):74–87. doi: 10.1016/S1470-2045(18)30646-6

Table 2.

Age-standardised net survival of patients diagnosed with colorectal adenocarcinoma, 2010–12

Colon tumours
Rectal tumours
Denmark England Norway Sweden Denmark England Norway Sweden
Median follow-up time, years (IQR) 2·5 (0·9–3·5) 2·4 (0·7–3·5) 2·5 (1·1–3·7) 2·7 (1·4–3·7) 2·7 (1·5–3·7) 2·6 (1·4–3·6) 2·8 (1·9–3·8) 2·8 (1·8–3·8)
1-year net survival (95% CI)
All stages 80·3 (79·5–81·0) 78·2 (77·9–78·5) 80·9 (80·1–81·6) 83·9 (83·3–84·5) 85·5 (84·5–86·5) 84·6 (84·2–85·0) 87·4 (86·0–88·6) 87·6 (86·7–88·5)
Stage I 97·1 (95·6–98·1) 98·7 (97·8–99·2) 98·2 (96·4–99·1) 100 (100·0–100·0) 98·0 (95·8–99·1) 98·8 (98·2–99·1) 98·4 (95·9–99·4) 99·8 (99·6–99·9)
Stage II 94·5 (93·4–95·4) 94·9 (94·6–95·3) 95·5 (94·4–96·3) 96·8 (96·1–97·4) 95·3 (93·9–96·3) 94·6 (93·8–95·3) 99·8 (99·8–99·8) 97·5 (96·1–98·4)
Stage III 87·8 (86·4–89·2) 87·5 (87·1–88·0) 89·3 (87·8–90·6) 90·7 (89·7–91·6) 90·0 (87·9–91·7) 91·1 (90·4–91·8) 93·9 (92·3–95·2) 93·6 (92·1–94·8)
Stage IV 52·9 (51·3–54·5) 48·4 (47·8–49·1) 57·3 (55·4–59·1) 51·9 (50·2–53·6) 61·6 (59·3–63·9) 60·0 (58·9–61·0) 66·6 (63·8–69·2) 61·5 (59·4–63·6)
Unknown stage 62·8 (60·2–65·4) 62·2 (61·3–63·0) 58·0 (55·0–60·8) 78·9 (76·1–81·4) 78·9 (75·9–81·6) 72·7 (71·6–73·8) 75·2 (71·8–78·2) 83·1 (80·4–85·5)
2-year net survival (95% CI)
All stages 71·9 (71·0–72·8) 69·9 (69·5–70·2) 73·9 (73·0–74·8) 76·7 (75·9–77·5) 78·2 (76·9–79·4) 76·2 (75·7–76·8) 80·3 (78·6–81·8) 79·8 (78·6–81·0)
Stage I 96·2 (94·3–97·5) 98·2 (97·1–98·9) 98·2 (96·4–99·1) 99·5 (97·2–100·0) 97·0 (93·9–98·6) 97·8 (96·9–98·4) 98·4 (95·9–99·4) 99·8 (97·5–100·0)
Stage II 92·3 (90·9–93·5) 92·7 (92·2–93·2) 94·7 (93·4–95·7) 95·3 (94·3–96·2) 93·0 (91·1–94·5) 90·3 (89·2–91·3) 98·9 (98·0–99·4) 95·1 (93·2–96·4)
Stage III 81·4 (79·6–83·1) 80·1 (79·5–80·7) 82·1 (80·2–83·8) 84·0 (82·7–85·3) 83·0 (80·2–85·4) 82·9 (81·9–83·9) 88·2 (85·7–90·3) 86·8 (84·9–88·6)
Stage IV 34·4 (32·8–36·1) 30·5 (29·9–31·1) 41·9 (39·9–44·0) 33·6 (31·8–35·3) 42·4 (39·9–44·9) 39·7 (38·6–40·8) 49·6 (46·6–52·4) 39·8 (37·7–42·0)
Unknown stage 53·2 (50·4–56·0) 52·8 (51·9–53·8) 49·8 (46·6–52·8) 73·0 (69·8–75·9) 72·0 (68·4–75·2) 63·5 (62·1–64·7) 64·2 (60·3–67·9) 77·1 (73·9–79·9)
3-year net survival (95% CI)
All stages 65·7 (64·7–66·8) 63·9 (63·5–64·3) 69·5 (68·4–70·5) 72·1 (71·2–73·0) 72·5 (71·1–74·0) 69·7 (69·1–70·3) 75·0 (73·1–76·8) 74·1 (72·7–75·4)
Stage I 95·6 (93·4–97·0) 97·8 (96·6–98·6) 98·2 (96·4–99·1) 99·3 (96·0–99·9) 96·3 (92·4–98·2) 96·9 (95·6–97·8) 98·4 (95·9–99·4) 99·3 (95·7–99·9)
Stage II 90·6 (88·9–92·0) 91·0 (90·4–91·5) 94·3 (93·0–95·4) 94·1 (92·8–95·1) 91·2 (88·8–93·1) 86·4 (85·0–87·6) 94·1 (91·5–96·0) 92·9 (90·8–94·6)
Stage III 76·3 (74·1–78·4) 74·1 (73·3–74·8) 76·3 (74·0–78·4) 78·4 (76·8–79·9) 77·2 (73·9–80·1) 75·5 (74·2–76·7) 83·4 (80·1–86·1) 80·6 (78·2–82·7)
Stage IV 23·5 (21·9–25·1) 20·5 (19·9–21·1) 33·0 (31·0–35·1) 23·7 (22·0–25·3) 30·4 (28·0–32·9) 27·1 (26·0–28·2) 38·5 (35·5–41·4) 26·7 (24·7–28·8)
Unknown stage 47·4 (44·5–50·2) 47·0 (45·9–48·0) 45·2 (42·0–48·4) 69·7 (66·3–72·9) 67·3 (63·3–70·9) 57·2 (55·8–58·6) 56·7 (52·4–60·8) 73·2 (69·8–76·3)