Research Article
Oropharyngeal Cancer Survival: A Population-Based Study of Patients Diagnosed between 1978 and 2002
Table 2
Observed and relative survival after 1, 3, and 5 years of diagnosis of oropharynx cancer.
| | Survival | Observed | Relative | | 1 year | 3 years | 5 years | 1 year | 3 years | 5 years | | % | CI 95% | % | CI 95% | % | CI 95% | % | CI 95% | % | CI 95% | % | CI 95% |
| | Sex | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Men | 61 | 55.9–66.0 | 37.5 | 32.2–42.7 | 31.5 | 26.6–36.4 | 61.9 | 56.8–67.5 | 39.2 | 34.1–45.0 | 34.2 | 29.2–40.1 | | Women | 63.8 | 50.2–77.3 | 57.4 | 43.2–71.5 | 51.1 | 36.8–65.4 | 64.3 | 51.9–79.8 | 58.6 | 45.8–75.0 | 53.3 | 40.3–70.5 |
| | Total | 61.3 | 56.4–66.2 | 40 | 35.1–44.9 | 33.9 | 29.2–38.6 | 62.2 | 57.4–67.4 | 41.6 | 36.8–47.1 | 36.6 | 31.8–42.1 |
| | Age | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 40–64 | 64.1 | 58.4–69.7 | 40.5 | 34.6–46.3 | 34.4 | 28.7–40.0 | 64.6 | 59.0–70.8 | 41.4 | 35.8–48.0 | 36 | 30.5–42.6 | | 65+ | 50 | 40.4–59.6 | 36.5 | 27.2–45.7 | 29.8 | 20.9–38.6 | 52 | 42.9–63.0 | 40.8 | 31.7–52.5 | 37.1 | 27.6–49.8 | | Location | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Base of tongue | 58 | 50.0–66.0 | 31.5 | 23.8–39.1 | 28 | 20.5–35.4 | 59.1 | 51.4–67.9 | 33.2 | 26.1–42.3 | 31.2 | 24.0–40.6 | | Tonsil | 67.2 | 58.7–75.6 | 46.2 | 37.1–55.2 | 40.3 | 31.5–49.1 | 63.1 | 54.9–72.6 | 48 | 39.6–58.3 | 43.5 | 35.0–54.1 | | Soft palate | 70.6 | 55.3–85.8 | 47.1 | 30.2–63.9 | 32.4 | 16.7–48.1 | 68.9 | 54.6–86.9 | 49.1 | 34.4–70.2 | 34.4 | 21.2–56.0 | | Oropharynx | 64.3 | 54.1–74.4 | 44 | 33.4–54.6 | 35.7 | 25.5–45.9 | 64.1 | 54.4–75.5 | 44.5 | 34.8–57.0 | 38.3 | 28.8–51.0 | | Period | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 1978–1986 | 60 | 50.4–69.6 | 48 | 38.2–57.8 | 42 | 32.4–51.6 | 61.1 | 52.0–71.7 | 50.1 | 40.9–61.5 | 45.6 | 36.2–57.4 | | 1987–1994 | 62.9 | 54.8–70.9 | 32.4 | 24.5–40.2 | 28.1 | 20.6–35.5 | 60.6 | 52.9–69.5 | 33.8 | 26.6–42.9 | 30.4 | 23.3–39.6 | | 1995–2002 | 65.2 | 57.3–73.0 | 41.8 | 33.5–50.0 | 34 | 26.1–41.8 | 64.6 | 57.0–73.1 | 43.3 | 35.6–52.6 | 36.5 | 29.0–45.9 |
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