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Figure 8.5

CSR Figure 8.5: 5-Year SEER Conditional Relative Survival Rates


Figure 8.5

Cancer of the Esophagus

5-Year SEER Conditional Relative Survival Rates and 95% Confidence Intervals

Probabilty of surviving the next 5 years given the cohort has already survived 0, 1, or 3 years

1998-2005 by stage at diagnosis

Stage at Diagnosis Survival Time
Since Diagnosis
Percent Surviving Next 5 years
Percent Confidence Interval
Low High
Local 0 year (at diagnosis) 36.3 34.3 38.3
1 year 49.8 46.7 52.8
3 year 67.3 58.7 74.5
Regional 0 year (at diagnosis) 18.1 16.7 19.5
1 year 30.5 28.0 33.1
3 year 53.1 43.8 61.6
Distant 0 year (at diagnosis) 3.0 2.5 3.6
1 year 10.8 8.5 13.4
3 year 52.6 32.9 69.0
Unstaged 0 year (at diagnosis) 11.4 9.9 13.0
1 year 26.7 22.5 31.1
3 year 51.6 37.1 64.3

Footnotes:

Source: SEER 17 areas (San Francisco, Connecticut, Detroit, Hawaii, Iowa, New Mexico, Seattle, Utah, Atlanta, San Jose-Monterey, Los Angeles, Alaska Native Registry, Rural Georgia, California excluding SF/SJM/LA, Kentucky, Louisiana, and New Jersey).

California excluding SF/SJM/LA, Kentucky, Louisiana, and New Jersey contribute cases for diagnosis years 2000-2006.

The remaining 13 SEER Areas contribute cases for the entire period 1998-2005.

Percent surviving is not shown if based on less than 25 cases.

Confidence intervals are not shown if length of the confidence interval is greater than 5 times the standard error.

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