Cancer survival and prevalence in Australia: period estimates from 1982 to 2010

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Release Date: 20 Sep 2012
Author: AIHW
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This report presents the latest national survival and prevalence statistics for cancers in Australia from 1982 to 2010. Survival from cancer is a key indicator of cancer prognosis, control and treatment. It refers to the probability of being alive for a given amount of time after diagnosis and reflects the severity of a cancer diagnosis.

ISBN: 978-1-74249-338-1
Cat. no: CAN 65
Pages: 198

Findings from this report:

In 2006–2010, cancers with the highest survival were those of the testis, lip, prostate and thyroid
In 2006–2010, cancers with the lowest survival were pancreatic cancer and mesothelioma
Five-year survival from all cancers combined increased from 47% in the period 1982–1987 to 66% in 2006–2010
In 2006–2010, five-year relative survival from all cancers combined was 66%

Preliminary material
- Title and verso pages
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Summary
- Data at a glance
Body section
- 1 Introduction
  - Purpose and content of this report
  - Scope
- 2 Background
  - Cancer
  - Survival
  - What is prevalence?
  - Data sources
- 3 Survival and prevalence overview
  - All cancers combined (C00-C97, D45-D46, D47.1,D47.3)
  - Differences by cancer type
- 4 Survival and prevalence summaries
  - Acute myeloid leukaemia (C92.0, C92.3-C92.5, C93.0,C94.0, C94.2, C94.4, C94.5)
  - Bladder cancer (C67)
  - Bowel cancer (C18-C20)
  - Brain cancer (C71)
  - Breast cancer in females (C50)
  - Cervical cancer (C53)
  - Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia (C91.1)
  - Cancer of the gallbladder and bile ducts (C23-C24)
  - Hodgkin lymphoma (C81)
  - Kidney cancer (C64)
  - Laryngeal cancer (C32)
  - Lip cancer (C00)
  - Liver cancer (C22)
  - Lung cancer (C33-C34)
  - Melanoma of the skin (C43)
  - Mesothelioma (C45)
  - Myeloma (C90)
  - Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (C82-C85)
  - Oesophageal cancer (C15)
  - Ovarian cancer (C56)
  - Pancreatic cancer (C25)
  - Prostate cancer (C61)
  - Stomach cancer (C16)
  - Testicular cancer (C62)
  - Thyroid cancer (C73)
  - Tongue cancer (C01-C02)
  - Cancer of unknown primary site (C80)
  - Uterine cancer (C54-C55)
End matter
- Appendixes
  - Appendix A: Guide to online supplementary data
  - Appendix B: Survival estimates using the cohort method
  - Appendix C: Data sources
    - Australian Cancer Database
    - National Death Index
    - National Mortality Database
    - Estimated resident populations
  - Appendix D: Classifications of cancers
  - Appendix E: Classifications of population groups
  - Appendix F: Statistical methods and technical notes
    - Data preparation
    - Calculation of relative survival
    - Calculation of age-standardised rates
- Glossary
- References
- List of tables
- List of figures
- Related publications

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