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Table 2 List of cancer sites following lognormal distribution in ascending order of τ (the threshold year for estimation of statistical cure rate)

From: Minimum follow-up time required for the estimation of statistical cure of cancer patients: verification using data from 42 cancer sites in the SEER database

Site

τ (yr.)

CSSR (τ)

CSSR (LT)

Diff.

Pt. No.

Pancreas

2.6

7.1

3.3

3.8

14926

Gallbladder

3.3

24.6

20.1

4.5

2123

Liver

3.7

13.7

10.6

3.1

3244

Esophagus

3.9

14.5

9.9

4.6

7021

Hypopharynx

5.1

66.9

62.2

4.7

1869

Stomach

5.8

27.3

22.3

5.0

15310

Intrahepatic Bile Duct

5.9

23.7

20.3

3.4

327

Tonsil

7.4

82.5

79.8

2.7

1137

Ureter

7.8

86.2

85.3

0.9

1122

Tongue

8.0

61.0

56.1

4.9

2264

Brain

8.6

24.4

22.0

2.4

5019

Lung & Bronchus (age<60)

9.0

17.0

11.2

5.8

24408

Floor of Mouth

9.3

80.3

75.1

5.2

1430

Small Intestine

10.3

65.7

65.2

0.5

1633

Ovary

10.4

38.0

34.9

3.1

8400

Vagina

10.6

81.0

81.0

0

618

Cecum

10.8

53.4

48.5

4.9

6766

Nasopharynx

10.8

55.4

49.5

5.9

456

Corpus Uteri

11.1

99.0

98.3

0.7

14894

Cervix Uteri

11.2

69.7

68.2

1.6

8166

Large Intestine, NOS

11.2

41.5

37.8

3.7

1466

Splenic Flexure

11.6

49.5

47.2

2.3

1223

Other Nervous System#

11.7

85.8

83.6

2.1

293

Colon (age<60)

12.2

60.1

57.1

3.0

7556

Hepatic Flexure

12.3

52.0

49.2

2.8

1184

Penis

13.0

83.7

83.7

0

766

Uterus, NOS

13.4

70.5

70.5

0

423

Anus, Anal Canal & Anorectum

13.5

85.3

85.3

0

1254

Nasal Cavity, Middle Ear & Accessory Sinuses

14.6

65.2

65.2

0

449

Soft Tissue (with heart)

15.1

69.3

66.1

3.2

1938

Bones & Joints

16.2

63.8

63.3

0.5

728

Larynx

16.8

73.7

68.6

5.1

8899

Skin Melanomas

18.2

77.8

75.8

2.0

10905

Appendix

19.7

66.8

66.8

0

199

Vulva

20.2

84.5

83.6

0.7

1931

Retroperitoneum

20.2

74.3

74.3

0

681

Pleura

21.2

72.1

72.1

0

376

Eye & Orbit

23.8

84.4

82.7

1.7

641

Prostate (age<60, 1973–77)

24.6

36.7

33.9

2.8

809

Salivary Gland (1973–77)

25.2

73.5

73.5

0

309

Breast (age<60, 1973–77)

36.2

xxx

52.5

xxx

9549

Thyroid (1973–77)

134.1

xxx

88.7

xxx

1259

  1. CSSR (τ) denotes cancer-specific survival rate at τ year in percent, calculated by Kaplan-Meier method;
  2. CSSR (LT) denotes long-term cancer-specific survival rate in percent, calculated by Kaplan-Meier method up to 1999;
  3. Diff. denotes difference between CSSR (τ) and LT CSSR in percentage point;
  4. Pt. No. denotes number of all patients, alive or dead, with or without disease;
  5. NOS denotes not otherwise specified;
  6. # Nervous system other than brain;
  7. xxx denotes data not available as at 1999.