17 Cancer of the kidney
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17 Cancer of the kidney 74 17 Cancer of the kidney Summary During 19921997, one-year relative survival after diagnosis of cancer of the kidney was 77.2% for males and 73.5% for females, and five-year relative survival was 59.9% for males and 57.5% for females (Table 17.1). Relative survival ten years after diagnosis was 47.7% for males and 46.2% for females in 19871991, the most recent period for which ten-year relative survival data are available (Figure 17.2; Tables 17.2 and 17.3). Between 19821986 and 19921997, kidney cancer relative survival increased significantly. Five-year relative survival increased from 50.8% to 59.9% for males and increased from 49.4% to 57.5%for females. There was no significant change one year after diagnosis for males whereas for females, relative survival after one year increased from 67.4% to 73.5% (Figure 17.2; Tables 17.2 and 17.3). As age at diagnosis increased, five-year relative survival decreased. Relative survival was highest for males and females diagnosed at age 019 years82.2% for males and 85.1% for females. Relative survival fell more rapidly from age 5059 years for both males and females, from 67.0% for males aged 5059 years to 44.1% for males aged 8089 years. For females, relative survival decreased from 72.4% for females aged 5059 years to 30.3% for females aged 8089 years (Figure 17.3; Table 17.1). For individual age groups, five-year relative survival increased significantly between 19821986 and 19921997 for males aged from ...
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