What if cancer survival in Britain were the same as in Europe: how many deaths are avoidable?

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To estimate the number of deaths among cancer patients diagnosed in Great Britain that would be avoidable within 5 years of diagnosis if the mean (or highest) survival in Europe for patients diagnosed during 1985-1989, 1990-1994 and 1995-1999 were achieved.

Design

Five-year relative survival for cancers in Great Britain compared with that from other countries in the EUROCARE-2, -3 and -4 studies. Calculation of excess deaths (those more than expected from mortality in the general population) that would be avoidable among cancer patients in Britain if relative survival were the same as in Europe.

Setting

Great Britain (England, Wales, Scotland) and 13 other European countries.

Subjects

2.8 million adults diagnosed in Britain with 1 of 39 cancers during

SUBMITTER: Abdel-Rahman M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2790713 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature