Survival in gastric and esophageal cancers in the Nordic countries through a half century.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Gastric cancer (GC) and esophageal cancer (EC) are among the most fatal cancers and improving survival in them is a major clinical challenge. Nordic cancer data were recently released up to year 2019. These data are relevant for long-term survival analysis as they originate from high-quality national cancer registries from countries with practically free access to health care, thus documenting 'real-world' experience for entire populations.

Patients/methods

Data were obtained for Danish (DK), Finnish (FI), Norwegian (NO), and Swedish (SE) patients from the NORDCAN database from years 1970 through 2019. Relative 1- and 5-year survival were analyzed, and additionally the difference between 1- and 5-year survival was calculated as a measure of trends between years 1

SUBMITTER: Hemminki K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10225220 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature