Survival, England 1998–2001 – relative age-standardisedfive-yearsurvivalrates for the most common cancers Testicular Melanoma Breast Uterus Prostate Bladder ... 500 cancer researchers in the UK. Our supporters across the UK raised almost every penny of this enormous sum, and they play a vital role in the fight against cancer.Without these supporters, there could be no Cancer Research UK. Since Cancer Research UK was formed ... myeloma Brain Stomach Oesophagus Lung Pancreas % survival
Five-yearsurvivalrates for bowel cancer in the countries of the UK ... . The highest five-yearsurvivalrates of the EU countries for which data is available ... and female bowel cancer incidence and mortality rates are in the Czech Republic and Hungary, and female rates are also high in Germany. The lowest bowel cancer incidence
agesfive-yearsurvivalrate for some commonly diagnosed cancers for the EU ... About a third of all cancers diagnosed have a five-yearsurvivalrate of 60% or more ... standardisedfive-year relative survival (%) (patients diagnosed 1990-1994) for all cancers
cases and age-standardised (European) incidence rates for lung cancer for five-year ... Lung Cancer February 2009 Females continued... Age Like the male lung cancerage distribution, in 1975 the majority of female lung cancer cases were diagnosed in the age ... The numbers of new female lung cancer cases diagnosed each year between 1975
Table One: Number of new cases and age-standardised (European) incidence rates for lung cancer for five-year periods from 1975 to 2024, with projections from 2005 ... in the male lung cancer incidence rate is expected to continue after 2004, until 2010 ... Two). Over the whole period from 1975 to 2024 the male lung cancerrate is expected to have fallen by three-fifths. By 2024 the male lung cancer incidence rate will probably be overtaken
of the expected rise and ageing in the UK population over the coming years (Table Two). Table Two: Number of new cases and age-standardised (European) incidence rates for lung cancer ... Lung Cancer February 2009 Males continued... Age Very few young men develop lung cancer. Most cases of lung cancer occur in men over the age of 60 and this pattern ... The number of male lung cancer cases diagnosed each year has already fallen
(a) and (b) overleaf). The highest five-yearsurvivalrates for breast cancer in countries ... . The highest five-yearsurvivalrates of the EU countries for which data is available ... (b) Females *excluding non-melanoma skin cancer Figure Six (a) and (b): Agestandardised
years between 1995–2004, the age-standardised mortality rates fell by 18%.This fall ... the highest survival, then over 2, 000 deaths would be avoided in the fiveyears following ... Approximate frequency and five-year relative survival (%) by Dukes' stage Dukes’ Stage modified Approximate frequency at diagnosis Approximate five-yearsurvival
rates in the EU. page 4 of 8 Table Three: Relative fiveyearsurvival (%) in the EU Relative fiveyearsurvival Proportion of all cases Cancers included >80% lip, testis ... and liver Figure Seven (a) and (b): Agestandardised incidence and mortality rates ... *excluding non-melanoma skin cancer Smoking Smoking is the most important known risk factor for cancer, estimated to cause a third of all cancers9 including 90% of lung cancers in men and 60% in women10 in developed countries. The recent IARC