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Table 1 Conditional 5-year relative survival estimates, by type of cancer and number of years since diagnosis, for patients aged 15–89 years at diagnosis, NSW Australia 1998-2006

From: Conditional survival of cancer patients: an Australian perspective

Type of cancer

Number of patients

Estimated conditional 5-year relative survival (95% confidence intervals)

At diagnosis

1 year after diagnosis

3 years after diagnosis

5 years after diagnosis

10 years after diagnosis

Stomach

5,193

28.5

51.3

79.4

91.0

95.0

  

(27.2-29.8)

(48.8-53.8)

(76.2-82.6)

(87.6-94.3)

(91.0-98.9)

Colorectum

35,455

65.0

75.5

86.8

93.2

98.8

  

(64.4-65.7)

(74.8-76.3)

(86.0-87.6)

(92.3-94.0)

(97.7-99.9)

Pancreas

5,213

5.6

21.9

64.3

81.8

94.7

  

(5.0-6.3)

(19.2-24.7)

(56.9-71.7)

(73.8-89.9)

(86.1-103.4)

Lung

23,027

13.9

32.6

63.9

75.5

84.8

  

(13.4-14.4)

(31.4-33.8)

(61.8-66.1)

(73.0-78.0)

(81.5-88.1)

Melanoma

27,888

92.6

93.8

95.9

97.3

99.0

  

(92.1-93.1)

(93.2-94.3)

(95.3-96.4)

(96.7-97.9)

(98.4-99.6)

Breast (females)

36,585

88.6

88.8

90.4

91.6

93.3

  

(88.2-89.0)

(88.3-89.2)

(89.8-90.9)

(91.0-92.1)

(92.6-94.1)

Cervix

2,368

73.2

81.4

90.7

95.1

95.3

  

(71.4-75.0)

(79.3-83.5)

(89.0-92.4)

(93.7-96.6)

(93.9-96.8)

Prostate

39,851

90.2

90.7

91.2

90.0

89.6

  

(89.6-90.7)

(90.0-91.3)

(90.4-92.0)

(89.1-90.9)

(87.5-91.6)

Kidney

6,940

64.0

78.1

87.2

89.6

88.8

  

(62.7-65.4)

(76.4-79.9)

(85.5-89.0)

(87.7-91.4)

(86.1-91.4)

Bladder

6,154

62.5

75.1

86.0

89.8

91.5

  

(61.0-64.0)

(73.2-77.1)

(83.9-88.0)

(87.7-92.0)

(89.1-94.0)

Thyroid

4,508

96.0

98.7

98.8

98.9

98.3

  

(95.1-96.8)

(97.7-99.6)

(97.9-99.6)

(98.0-99.9)

(97.0-99.6)