Cancer survival in the 'Spearhead' Primary Care Trusts of England
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Consists of one- and five-year relative survival for cancer patients resident in 'Spearhead' Primary Care Trusts, compared with those in the rest of England. Data are shown for ten common cancers and by sex.
This report presents cancer survival for adult patients (aged 15-99) resident in the 88 (now 62 following NHS reconfiguration in 2006) 'Spearhead' primary care trusts (PCT) in England, compared with those resident in the rest of England. The table and charts give the one- and five-year age-standardised relative survival for patients diagnosed with one of the following ten cancers: bladder, breast (women), cervix, colon, lung, oesophagus, ovary, prostate, rectum and stomach. Differences between the survival rates for 'Spearhead' PCTs and the rest of England were tested for statistica...
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