biostudies-literatureAnderson LAIntramural NIH HHS2144-2157https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC5729902biostudies-literatureUnknown51(15)<h4>Background</h4>European regional variation in cancer survival was reported in the EUROCARE-4 study for patients diagnosed in 1995-1999. Relative survival (RS) estimates are here updated for patients diagnosed with cancer of the oesophagus, stomach and small intestine from 2000 to 2007. Trends in RS from 1999-2001 to 2005-2007 are presented to monitor and discuss improvements in patient survival in Europe.<h4>Materials and methods</h4>EUROCARE-5 data from 29 countries (87 cancer registries) were used to investigate 1- and 5-year RS. Using registry-specific life-tables stratified by age, gender and calendar year, age-standardised 'complete analysis' RS estimates by country and region were calculated for Northern, Southern, Eastern and Central Europe, and for Ireland and United Kingdom (UEuropean journal of cancer (Oxford, England : 1990)Survival for oesophageal, stomach and small intestine cancers in Europe 1999-2007: Results from EUROCARE-5.PMC5729902Z99 CA999999Aareleid TSechi OZvolsky MMarchesi CRossi SVerne JGuizard AVFanetti ACBulatko AMousavi MBianconi FMadeddu AEberle ATumino RMalila NHerrmann CFoschi RGuzzinati SRachet BSchvartz CNennecke AJonasson JGForjaz de Lacerda GSeppa KLuttmann SFaivre JAmash HVitale FAllemani CCaldarella ACarrani ERamirez CWhite CStorm HRachtan JDonnelly CVisser ORoche MCapocaccia RHuws DWBannon FFerretti SMichiara MRandi GMaynadie MAmati CAlmar EBusco SUsala MFrick HLaunoy GOberaigner WHenau KCaldora MStaiti RTorrella-Ramos AMonnereau ARicci PBlaszczyk JBouvier AMGozdz SAgius DStracci FCarulla MCrocetti ECalleja NDe Angelis RWilkinson JDiaz Garcia JMMeyer MBonfarnuzzo SBouvier VHolleczek BBebenek MMagi MTraina AEss SMCirilli CCook MBEngholm GMazzoleni GCoza DOtter RVan Eycken ETryggvadottir LRashbass JStabenow RJohnston BTBrewster DHSant MPonz De Leon MGavin AMoreno-Iribas CNavarro CMinicozzi PSmailyte GBouchardy CBotta LBidaurrazaga JChang DYLLapotre-Ledoux BSafaei Diba CArdanaz EDi Salvo FContiero PTavilla AVelten MGatta GBento MJMiranda ACastro CIzquierdo Font ADei Tos APArveux PBerrino FErrezola MMoran TValerianova ZMezyk RColeman MScuderi TZanetti RPiffer SKieschke JAnderson LASanchez MJTrama ADal Maso LLambe MBossard NSantaquilani MRavazzolo BGiorgi Rossi PBrenner HBuzzoni CWoronoff ASSpitale ASchubert-Fritschle GEngel JMarcos-Gragera RHackl MGalceran JBielska-Lasota MUsel MPildava SComber HSerraino DDusek LLorez MMayer-da-Silva ATroussard XMeneghini EGrosclaude PVitale MFIannelli ABelot ATagliabue GEasey NColonna MFrancisci SJimenez-Chillaron RVerhoeven RBaili PMargutti CHeidrich JMaspero SMolinie FGennaro VZielonke NCandela PJohannesen TBSutera Sardo APierannunzio DRoazzi PRobaszkiewicz MDimitrova NVercelli MDi Felice EFalcini FBara SKatalinic APannozzo FBonelli LMallone SAutelitano MCesaraccio RBordoni ATisano FMancuso PChirlaque MDKonzelmann IGavin ATBaldi ILawrence GSekerija MFusco MPrimic-Zakelj MTretarre BGiacomin ANicula FRosso SEUROCARE-5 Working Group:Khan SfalseSurvival for oesophageal, stomach and small intestine cancers in Europe 1999-2007: Results from EUROCARE-5.<h4>Background</h4>European regional variation in cancer survival was reported in the EUROCARE-4 study for patients diagnosed in 1995-1999. Relative survival (RS) estimates are here updated for patients diagnosed with cancer of the oesophagus, stomach and small intestine from 2000 to 2007. Trends in RS from 1999-2001 to 2005-2007 are presented to monitor and discuss improvements in patient survival in Europe.<h4>Materials and methods</h4>EUROCARE-5 data from 29 countries (87 cancer registries) were used to investigate 1- and 5-year RS. Using registry-specific life-tables stratified by age, gender and calendar year, age-standardised 'complete analysis' RS estimates by country and region were calculated for Northern, Southern, Eastern and Central Europe, and for Ireland and United Kingdom (U2015-01-01T00:00:00Z2015 Oct2025-04-03T23:16:23.01Z2019-03-27T03:04:47ZS-EPMC57299022642181810.1016/j.ejca.2015.07.026