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ECCO-the European CanCer Organisation

New data on cancer survival in Europe show more patients are cured

Published in Women's Health Weekly, April 9th, 2009

New data and analyses from a long-running study of cancer survival in Europe have shown that the number of people actually cured of cancer – rather than just surviving for at least five years after diagnosis – is rising steadily.

A special issue of the European Journal of Cancer [1] containing reports from the EUROCARE-4 Working Group, includes, for the first time, an estimate of the proportions of patients who are cured of their cancer in Europe and who, therefore, have a life expectancy equal to that of the rest of the population. The analysis divides patients into two groups – the proportion who may be considered cured of their disease and who are likely to die of...

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