Survival

Cancer survival statistics produced by NDRS provide reliable and accessible information about cancer outcomes to a wide range of groups, including patients and health professionals. They are used to monitor the implementation of the NHS long term plan, including the ambition to diagnose 75% of cancers at stages 1 or 2 by 2028 and a variety of services aiming to improve cancer prevention, earlier detection and treatment.

Overall, cancer survival has been improving steadily in England and cancer mortality continues to decrease. Despite this, cancer survival in England remains lower than similar countries in Europe and around the world according to recent studies.

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This publication is designated as a National Statistic. More details about National Statistics are available on the Office for Statistics Regulation website.

The publication provides data on survival of adults and children diagnosed with cancer in England.

For adults, breakdowns (gender and deprivation) are available for 1-year to 5-year net cancer survival in adults for 31 common cancers. For 23 of these cancers, 1-year to 5-year net cancer survival estimates by stage at diagnosis are also presented. Cancer survival by local geographies are also included, with breakdowns by Cancer Alliances, Sustainability and Transformation Partnerships and NHS Regions for 21 cancer sites and trend estimates for 1-year and 5-year net survival for adults.

For children, breakdowns by age group (0 to 4 years, 5 to 9 years and 10 to 14 years) are available for 1-year, 5-year and 10-year survival for all cancers combined.

The publication and data file can be found on Cancer Survival in England collection page.

The interactive tool can be found on the cancer survival data page.

This publication is also designated as a National Statistic. More details about National Statistics are available on the Office for Statistics Regulation website.

The index of cancer survival provides a convenient, single number that summarises the overall pattern of cancer survival for each calendar year. It combines the net survival estimates for each gender, age group and:

• breast cancer diagnosed in women
• colorectal cancer
• lung cancer
• all other invasive cancers combined, excluding both prostate and non-melanoma skin cancers

The individual trends for breast (females only), colorectal and lung cancer are also presented in this publication.

The publication and data file can be found on Cancer Survival in England collection page.

The interactive tool can be found on the cancer survival data page.