TY  - JOUR
AU  - Hemminki, Kari
AU  - Försti, Asta
AU  - Hemminki, Akseli
TI  - Survival in colon and rectal cancers in Finland and Sweden through 50 years.
JO  - BMJ open gastroenterology
VL  - 8
IS  - 1
SN  - 2054-4774
CY  - London
PB  - BMJ Publishing Group
M1  - DKFZ-2021-01606
SP  - e000644
PY  - 2021
AB  - Global survival studies have shown favourable development in colon and rectal cancers but few studies have considered extended periods or covered populations for which medical care is essentially free of charge.We analysed colon and rectal cancer survival in Finland and Sweden over a 50-year period (1967-2016) using data from the Nordcan database. In addition to the standard 1-year and 5-year survival rates, we calculated the difference between these as a novel measure of how well survival was maintained between years 1 and 5.Relative 1-year and 5-year survival rates have developed favourably without major shifts for men and women in both countries. For Finnish men, 1-year survival in colon cancer increased from 50
KW  - colorectal cancer (Other)
KW  - diagnostic and therapeutic endoscopy (Other)
KW  - health service research (Other)
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
C6  - pmid:34272211
DO  - DOI:10.1136/bmjgast-2021-000644
UR  - https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/169872
ER  -