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Trends in survival for childhood cancer in Britain diagnosed 1971–85

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Stiller, CA, Bunch, KJ·1990·British Journal of Cancer
DOI 10.1038/bjc.1990.383PMC PMC1971530
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Survival rates were analysed for a population-based series of over 15,000 childhood cancers registered in Great Britain during 1971-85. There were highly significant improvements (P less than 0.001 for trend) in survival for many major diagnostic groups. Between 1971-73 and 1983-85 the actuarial 5-year survival rates increased from 37% to 70% for acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, from 4% to 26% for acute non-lymphoblastic leukaemia, from 76% to 88% for Hodgkin's disease, from 22% to 70% for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, from 61% to 72% for astrocytoma, from 24% to 42% for medulloblastoma, from 15% to 43% for neuroblastoma, from 58% to 79% for Wilms' tumour, from 17% to 54% for osteosarcoma, from 26% to 61% for rhabdomyosarcoma, from 59% to 94% for malignant testicular germ-cell tumours and from 43% to 77% for malignant ovarian germ-cell tumours. These increases in population-based survival rates reflect the substantial advances in treatment of a wide range of childhood cancers since 1970. The two principal diagnostic groups for which there was no evidence of any trend were retinoblastoma, which already had an excellent prognosis with a 5-year survival rate of over 85%, and Ewing's sarcoma, for which the survival rate remained below 45%.

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Authors
Stiller, C., & Bunch, K.
Affiliations
University of Oxford (GB)
Venue
British Journal of Cancer
Publisher
Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published
1990-11
Volume
62
Issue
5
Pages
806-815
ISSN
  • 0007-0920 (ISSN-L)
  • 1532-1827
DOI
10.1038/bjc.1990.383
PMC
PMC1971530
OpenAlex
W1994083133
Cited by
140
References
47
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2018: 4 · 2017: 4 · 2014: 2 · 2012: 1
FWCI
3.78
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
Locations
  • British Journal of Cancer (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Global Cancer Incidence and Screening
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Hematology › Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
Keywords
childhood cancer, cancer survival, survival trends, acute lymphoblastic leukemia, acute myeloid leukemia, Hodgkin's disease, non-Hodgkin lymphoma, astrocytoma, medulloblastoma, neuroblastoma, Wilms tumor, osteosarcoma, rhabdomyosarcoma, germ cell tumors, retinoblastoma, Ewing sarcoma, cancer treatment advances
MeSH terms
Adolescent, Brain Neoplasms, Child, Child, Preschool, Female, United Kingdom, Humans, Infant, Kidney Neoplasms, Leukemia, Lymphoma, Male, Neoplasms, Neoplasms, Germ Cell and Embryonal, Soft Tissue Neoplasms, Time Factors, Survival Rate

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