Long-term survival trends for primary liver and pancreatic cancers in the Nordic countries.

ABSTRACT:

Background & aims

Liver cancer (LC) and pancreatic cancer (PC) are often diagnosed at an advanced stage resulting in high mortality. High-quality survival data are rarely available for trend analyses over a long period.

Methods

The Danish, Finnish, Norwegian, and Swedish cancer data were accessed at the NORDCAN database. We analysed relative 1- and 5-year survival trends in LC and PC between years 1970 and 2019.

Results

Relative 1-year survival in LC for Nordic men and women was about 10% in the period between 1970 and 1974, and it increased moderately by year 2000 and steeply thereafter, eventually reaching 40-50%. The patterns in 5-year survival were similar, but after the year 2000, survival in Norway and Sweden increased steeply to 23%, whereas survival in Denmark

SUBMITTER: Hemminki K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9638835 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature