Blood cancers

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• For this cancer type there is no information available on incidence at a country level for 1995

Reference for text:

1. National Cancer Institute. Cancer Incidence Rates. 

References for graphs:

• ECIS (European Cancer Information System). Incidence and mortality estimates 2018
• ECIS (European Cancer Information System). Incidence and mortality historical data
• Engholm, G et al. NORDCAN: Cancer incidence, mortality, prevalence and survival in the Nordic countries, Version 8.0 (20.12.2017)

Cancer Deaths

Cancer mortality rate refers to the number of deaths caused by cancer occurring in a specified population during a given year, expressed as the number of cancer deaths per 100,000 population.²

In 2018, the UK ranked 24^th amongst the 31 European countries studied for the mortality of leukaemia, with 8 in every 100,000 people dying from the condition (ranging from 5 deaths per 100,000 people in Iceland to 12 per 100,000 people in Greece).

The UK's mortality rate for this cancer type was lower than the European average of 9 deaths per 100,000 people.

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Note:

• For this cancer type there is no information available on mortality at a country level for 1995

Reference for text:

2. National Cancer Institute. Cancer Mortality Rates.

References for graphs:

• ECIS (European Cancer Information System). Incidence and mortality estimates 2018
• International Agency for Research on Cancer. WHO cancer mortality database

Survival refers to percentage of people that were diagnosed with cancer in a given year and who were still alive after a defined period of time (here defined as 5 years or more after being diagnosed).³

In Europe, there have been continuous increases in 5-year survival rates for the most common cancer types in all countries. However, the size of the increase differs between countries.

Between 2010 and 2014, the UK ranked 17^th amongst the 28 European countries studied for the 5 year survival post cancer diagnosis, with 63% of people surviving 5 years or more after receiving a cancer diagnosis (ranging from 50% survival in Bulgaria to 68% in Cyprus).

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Notes:

• The data for each country pertains only to breast cancer, prostate cancer, lung cancer, colorectal cancer, skin cancer, lymphoid cancers and ovarian cancer
• There is no European average for 5-year survival because data for Greece, Hungary and Luxembourg is lacking
• The latest data collected by IHE was for the 2010-2014 5-year period

Reference for text:

3. Hofmarcher, T et al. (2019) Comparator Report on Cancer in Europe 2019 - Disease Burden, Costs and Access to Medicines. IHE Report 2019:7. IHE: Lund, Sweden

References for graphs:

• Allemani, C et al. Global surveillance of cancer survival 1995-2009: analysis of individual data for 25 676 887 patients from 279 population-based registries in 67 countries (CONCORD-2)
• Allemani, C et al. Global surveillance of trends in cancer survival 2000-2014 (CONCORD-3): analysis of individual records for 37 513 025 patients diagnosed with one of 18 cancers from 322 population-based registries in 71 countries