Cancer Survival Victoria 2007

Estimates of survival in 2004 (and comparisons with earlier periods)

Dallas English, Helen Farrugia, Vicky Thursfield, Paul Chang, Graham Giles
Victorian Cancer Registry, Cancer Epidemiology Centre, The Cancer Council Victoria, Melbourne April 2007

This report estimates cancer survival for Victorians in 2004 for all cancer and 34 of the most common cancer types. It includes analysis of survival for each cancer by year of diagnosis, sex and age at diagnosis and, for some cancers, more detailed analysis by tumour site and morphology.

For the first time we have included survival estimates for residents of metropolitan Melbourne and the rest of Victoria and, for the ten most common cancers, by Department of Human Services Integrated Cancer Services regions.

We believe that Cancer Survival in Victoria is an important reference for those interested in the health of Victorians.

Download entire report: pdf 721Kb

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Preliminary material [pdf 38Kb]
- Title page
- Acknowledgments
- Contents & disclaimer
- Overview
- Guide to this report
- Regional analysis
Relative survival for selected cancer sites
- All cancer pdf 25Kb
- Lip, oral cavity and pharynx pdf 37Kb
  - All oral cavity
  - Salivary glands
  - Pharynx
- Digestive organs pdf 59Kb
  - Oesophagus
  - Stomach
  - Colon
  - Rectum
  - Liver
  - Gallbladder
  - Pancreas
- Respiratory and intrathoracic organs pdf 29Kb
  - Larynx
  - Lung
- Mesothelial and soft tissue pdf 32Kb
  - Mesothelioma
  - Connective & soft tissue
  - Melanoma
- Breast and female genital organs pdf 46Kb
  - Breast
  - Cervix
  - Uterus
  - Ovary
- Male genital organs pdf 27Kb
  - Prostate
  - Testis
- Urinary tract pdf 37Kb
  - Bladder
  - Kidney
  - Renal pelvis
- Central nervous system pdf 24Kb
- Thyroid pdf 24Kb
- Unknown primary pdf 25Kb
- Malignant neoplasms of lymphoid and haematopoietic tissue pdf 74Kb
  - Non-Hodgkin lymphoma
  - Hodgkin disease
  - Multiple myeloma
  - Acute lymphatic leukaemia
  - Chronic lymphatic leukaemia
  - Acute myeloid leukaemia
  - Chronic myeloid leukaemia
- Appendices
  - Appendix I: Topography and morphology codes I-III pdf 25Kb
  - Appendix II: Data, definitions and methods
  - Appendix III: References
  - Appendix IV: Geography and demography of Victoria IV-V pdf 46Kb
  - Appendix V: The delivery of cancer services in Victoria
  - Appendix VI: Cancer incidence and mortality in Victoria 2004 VI-IX pdf 27Kb
  - Appendix VII: Comparison of Victorian and USA survival
  - Appendix VIII: Life tables for Victoria, 2002-2004
  - Appendix IX: Victorian mortality, 2004