US cancer deaths prevented due to survival improvements stratified by extent of disease, 2010-2019.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Progress against cancer mortality has been driven by primary prevention, early detection, and cancer treatment. We estimated the number of cancer deaths that were avoided due to stage-specific improvements in cancer survival among patients diagnosed in 2010-2019 followed through 2020.

Methods

We used cancer incidence data from 17 Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results (SEER) cancer registries during 2004-2019. We estimated the number of cancer deaths prevented due to cancer- and stage-specific survival improvements (based on SEER summary stage) as the observed minus expected number of cancer deaths through 2020. We calculated the expected number of cancer deaths from estimated cumulative incidence models setting the calendar year effect to 2009.

Results

SUBMITTER: Shiels MS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12505133 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature