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five-year survival rate

The percentage of people alive five years after diagnosis.

News: New survival figures provide hope for kids with cancer

…said. “We hope that these results may help to allay some of the fears of recurrence and ongoing psychological distress that are commonly experienced by survivors and their families. “The research found five-year survival rates reached 95 per cent within…

News: Survival improves for deadly, rare childhood cance

…at UQ Diamantina Institute and Paediatric Oncologist at Lady Cilento Children’s Hospital said survival rates had improved significantly since 1997. “Five-year survival rates for children diagnosed with AML have increased from 54 per cent between 1997 and 2002 to 69…

Blog: 2020 New Year’s resolutions to stick to all year round

…getting your fruit and veg in every day a priority for 2020! 2. Be sun smart It’s no surprise as the ‘Sunshine State’, Queensland has one of the highest rates of skin cancer in the world. This new year, protect…

Research snapshot – Long-term childhood cancer survival Youlden 2022

What is known? Statistics on cancer survival are usually for five years from the time of diagnosis. This is because most of the deaths that occur due to cancer are within the first few years. However, children with cancer are…

Research snapshot – Avoidable cancer deaths due to better cancer survival Dasgupta 2020

What is known? Survival has improved over time for Australian cancer patients, reflecting advances in early detection and clinical management. There is increasing interest in the development and estimation of novel concrete measures of survival, or prognosis for newly diagnosed…

Research snapshot – Temporal changes in childhood cancer incidence and survival by stage at diagnosis in Australia, 2000-2017

…spread to other parts of the body (metastatic disease) at the time of diagnosis. Our research also found that survival rates for certain late-stage childhood cancer have improved among children diagnosed more recently. This includes cancers such as metastatic medulloblastoma,…

Research snapshot – Spatial disparities in incidence and survival of MPNs Cameron 2021

…of variation in survival rates. Areas in Queensland and Victoria generally had very high rates of diagnoses, while most areas in Tasmania and Western Australia had very low rates. Diagnosis rates for MPNs did not vary between city, regional and…

Research snapshot – Review of poorer survival among First Nations cancer patients Dasgupta 2022

…there remained a significant survival disparity for all cancers combined. This indicates that other, unmeasured factors affect the survival of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander cancer patients. What does this mean? While some of the poorer cancer survival outcomes by…

Research snapshot – Impact of remoteness on survival among First Nations cancer patients Cramb 2022

…extent of lower survival experienced by First Nations peoples diagnosed with cancer varies by geographic remoteness. This study aimed to quantify the survival disparity between First Nations and other Queenslanders for 12 common cancer types by remoteness areas. What is…