Comparison between Overall, Cause-specific, and Relative Survival Rates Based on Data from a Population-based Cancer Registry

• DOI: 10.7314/apjcp.2012.13.11.5681
• Publication Date: 2013-03-14T06:28:41Z
• Authors: Mai Utada; Yuko Ohno; Sachiko Shimizu; Megumi Hori; Midori Soda
• Keywords: Relative survival

Three kinds of survival rates are generally used depending on the purpose investigation: overall, cause-specific, and relative. The differences among these 3 derived from their respective formulas; however, reports based actual cancer registry data few because incomplete information short follow-up duration recorded registration. aim this study was to numerically visually compare basis Nagasaki Prefecture Cancer Registry. Subjects were patients diagnosed with registered in between 1999 2003. We calculated proportion cause death 5-year rates. For lung, liver, or advanced stage cancers, proportions cancer-related high small. prostate early other causes large. concluded that increased when increased.