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Table 2 Overall and 5-year age standardized relative survival of women with breast cancer in the Stockholm and Singapore cohorts

From: Do Asian breast cancer patients have poorer survival than their western counterparts? A comparison between Singapore and Stockholm

Characteristic

Stockholm Breast Cancer Registry

Singapore Cancer Registry

 

%

95% confidence interval

%

95% confidence interval

5-year survival rates

    

   Overall observed survival

72

71 to 74

64

62 to 66

   Overall relative survival

80

78 to 82

70

67 to 73

Specific 5-year relative survival

    

   Local

    

1980 to 1989

88

85 to 91

81

71 to 89

1990 to 1999

88

85 to 90

90

85 to 95

   Regional

    

1980 to 1989

58

51 to 65

47

37 to 57

1990 to 1999

64

57 to 71

68

61 to 75

   Distant

    

1980 to 1989

19

6 to 37

21

8 to 39

1990 to 1999

21

9 to 37

28

17 to 42