Stomach cancer - survival statistics for England and Wales
This page presents stomach cancer survival statistics including one year survival, five year survival, ten year survival trends and survival by age.
Over the last 25 years 5-year relative survival rates for stomach cancer have tripled in Britain, but are still very low at around 15%. 1, 2
The 1-, 5- and 10-year age-standardised relative survival rates for patients diagnosed in England & Wales between 1971 and 2001 are shown in Figure 3.1, Figure 3.2 and Figure 3.3. 2
Survival rates have risen consistently despite increasing numbers of gastric cardia cases which are more difficult to treat. The 1-year relative survival rate was only 14% in the early 1970s but is now 35% - which parallels a decline in peri-operative mortality. 3 There appears to be only a small fall in survival between 5- and 10-year rates.
Relative survival is considerably higher for younger patients as Figure 3.4 shows. 4 For people under 50, 5-year relative survival rates are 19-22% compared to 7-14% for people over 70. At most ages, women have a slight survival advantage over men.
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References for stomach cancer survival
- Gatta G,Ciccolallo L, Kunkler I et al.; EUROCARE Working Group., Survival from rare cancer in adults: a population-based study. Lancet Oncol, 2006. 7(2): p. 132-40
- ISD Scotland Online. 2007 Information and Statitistics Division, NHS Scotland.
- Macintyre I, Improving survival in gastric cancer: a review. Dig Surg, 1994. 11(2): p. 51-57
- Office of National Statistics Cancer Survival: England and Wales, 1991-2001, twenty major cancers by age group. 2007.
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