Description

The CONCORD-2 study has initiated worldwide surveillance of population-based cancer survival, a metric designed to assess the overall effectiveness of health systems in managing cancer, and to inform global policy on cancer control. Patient data were obtained from 279 population-based cancer registries in 67 countries. Centralised quality control and analysis was performed on individual tumour records for 25·7 million adults (age 15-99 years) and 75,000 children (age 0-14 years) diagnosed with one of 10 cancers during 1995-2009. Net survival up to five years from diagnosis was estimated as the survival probability after compensation for background mortality from other causes. The background mortality is contained in life tables. More than 12,000 life tables are provided, classified by Continent, Country, Registry (Region), Race/Ethnicity (selected populations), Calendar year and Sex. Each life table contains the central all-cause mortality rate per 100,000 person-years, the probability of death, and the probability of survival by single year of age (0-99 years). Researchers must complete a CSG User Registration Form to gain access.

Completed Date:	2015
Data capture method:	Mode of data capture Compilation/Synthesis
Data Creators(s):	Spika, D, Rachet, B, Bannon, F, Woods, LM, Maringe, C, Bonaventure, A and Coleman, MP
Associated roles:	Sloggett, A (Supervisor), Walters, S (Supervisor) and Turculet, A (Data Manager)
LSHTM Faculty/Department:	Faculty of Epidemiology and Population Health > Dept of Non-Communicable Disease Epidemiology
Research Centre:	Cancer Survival Group
Participating Institutions:	London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
Additional details Additional details Projects: CONCORD-2 Funder: Canadian Partnership Against Cancer, Cancer Focus Northern Ireland, Cancer Institute New South Wales, Cancer Research UK, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Swiss Cancer Research foundation, University of Kentucky Data Collection Period: From To 1995 2009 Keywords: Cancer survival, Global surveillance, Population-based cancer registries Language(s) of written materials: Language English Publisher: London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Copyright Holders: London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Additional information: Users must register with the Cancer Survival Group to access the life tables. Depositor: Gareth Knight Date Deposited: 06 Nov 2015 10:35 Last Modified: 07 Dec 2015 16:18