Population-based cancer survival trends in England and Wales up to 2007: an assessment of the NHS cancer plan for England
The Lancet OncologyPublished 20 March 2009Open access
Bernard Rachet, Camille Maringe, Ula Nur, Manuela Quaresma, Anjali Shah, Laura M. Woods
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1-year survival in England and Wales improved for most cancers in men and women diagnosed during 1996-2006 and followed until 2007, although not all trends were significant.
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The findings indicate slightly faster improvement in 1-year survival in England than in Wales during 2004-06, whereas the opposite was true during 2001-03. This reversal of survival trends in 2001-03 and 2004-06 between England and Wales is much less obvious for 3-year survival. These different patterns of survival suggest some beneficial effect of the NHS cancer plan for England, although the data do not so far provide a definitive assessment of the effectiveness of the plan.
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