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Table 4 Unadjusted survival rates in overall and resected pancreatic cancer patients diagnosed in 2003–2005, 2006–2008, and 2009–2011

From: Stratified survival of resected and overall pancreatic cancer patients in Europe and the USA in the early twenty-first century: a large, international population-based study

Survival

Period

Stage

USA

The Netherlands

Belgium

Norway

Slovenia

Overall

Resected

Overall

Resected

Overall

Resected

Overall

Resected

Overall

Resected

OS (95% CI)a

OS (95% CI)

OS (95% CI)

OS (95% CI)

OS (95% CI)

OS (95% CI)

OS (95% CI)

OS (95% CI)

OS (95% CI)

OS (95% CI)

1 month

2003–2005

I–II

83 (82–84)

95 (94–96)

89 (87–91)

96 (93–97)

94 (92–96)

97 (94–98)

91 (88–94)

99 (94–100)

89 (84–93)

96 (90–98)

III–IV

61 (60–62)

86 (82–89)

73 (71–75)

88 (74–95)

88 (85–90)

96 (86–99)

78 (75–80)

100 (100–100)

69 (65–74)

92 (71–98)

2006–2008

I–II

84 (84–85)

96 (95–96)

92 (91–94)

97 (95–98)

95 (94–97)

97 (95–98)

90 (83–96)

99 (93–100)

93 (88–96)

99 (93–100)

III–IV

62 (61–63)

89 (86–91)

77 (75–78)

100 (100–100)

86 (85–88)

98 (91–99)

79 (76–81)

96 (75–99)

75 (71–78)

97 (80–100)

2009–2011

I–II

86 (85–87)

96 (96–97)

92 (90–93)

97 (96–98)

96 (95–97)

98 (97–99)

94 (91–96)

98 (95–99)

90 (85–94)

99 (94–100)

III–IV

63 (62–64)

90 (88–92)

76 (75–78)

91 (81–96)

85 (84–87)

100 (100–100)

78 (75–80)

96 (77–100)

75 (72–79)

98 (86–100)

Percent unit change,b P

I–II

+ 3, 0.006

+ 2, 0.004

+ 3, 0.021

+ 1, 0.257

+ 2, 0.116

+ 1, 0.577

+ 3, 0.175

–1, 0.473

+ 1, 0.851

+ 4, 0.083

III–IV

+ 2, 0.002

+ 4, 0.989

+ 3, 0.001

+ 3, 0.635

–2, 0.086

+4, 0.189

+ < 1, 0.972

−4, 0.301

+ 6, 0.024

+ 6, 0.229

3 months

2003–2005

I–II

72 (71–73)

91 (90–92)

74 (71–76)

92 (89–94)

86 (83–89)

93 (90–96)

76 (71–80)

98 (93–99)

76 (69–82)

87 (79–92)

III–IV

42 (41–43)

74 (69–78)

42 (40–43)

84 (69–92)

66 (62–69)

93 (82–97)

44 (41–47)

87 (68–95)

36 (31–40)

58 (36–75)

2006–2008

I–II

73 (72–74)

92 (91–92)

78 (76–81)

93 (91–95)

87 (85–89)

92 (90–94)

72 (67–76)

94 (86–97)

80 (73–86)

92 (85–96)

III–IV

44 (43–44)

79 (76–82)

46 (44–47)

98 (88–100)

63 (61–65)

85 (95–91)

48 (46–51)

84 (63–94)

43 (39–47)

85 (67–93)

2009–2011

I–II

76 (75–77)

93 (92–94)

80 (78–82)

93 (91–95)

89 (87–91)

94 (92–96)

82 (78–85)

96 (92–98)

76 (70–82)

97 (91–99)

III–IV

45 (44–46)

81 (78–84)

45 (43–46)

85 (74–92)

63 (60–65)

93 (85–96)

47 (44–49)

86 (66–94)

44 (40–48)

76 (61–86)

Percent unit change,b P

I–-II

+ 4, < 0.001

+ 2, < 0.001

+ 6, 0.001

+ 1, 0.546

+ 3, 0.118

+ 1, 0.508

+ 6, 0.035

− 1, 0.562

+ < 1, 0.909

+ 10, 0.005

III–IV

+ 3, < 0.001

+ 7, 0.017

+ 3, 0.001

+ 1, 0.831

−3, 0.087

– < 1, 0.972

+ 3, 0.225

−1, 0.890

+ 8, 0.007

+ 18, 0.085

12 months

2003–2005

I–II

38 (36–39)

64 (62–66)

33 (30–36)

64 (59–68)

52 (48–57)

62 (56–67)

34 (29–39)

66 (57–74)

38 (30–45)

51 (41–60)

III–IV

11 (11–12)

34 (29–39)

8 (7–9)

49 (33–63)

19 (17–22)

45 (31–57)

8 (6–10)

37 (20–53)

5 (3–8)

13 (3–29)

2006–2008

I–II

40 (39–41)

65 (64–67)

36 (33–38)

64 (60–68)

56 (53–60)

69 (65–73)

33 (29–38)

71 (60–79)

51 (43–59)

67 (57–76)

III–IV

12 (12–13)

35 (31–39)

8 (7–9)

53 (38–64)

19 (17–21)

47 (36–57)

11 (10–13)

56 (35–73)

12 (10–15)

39 (23–55)

2009–2011

I–II

44 (43–45)

70 (68–71)

45 (43–48)

69 (65–72)

55 (52–57)

68 (65–71)

44 (39–49)

77 (70–83)

42 (35–48)

60 (50–68)

III–IV

14 (14–15)

47 (42–51)

9 (8–10)

41 (29–52)

20 (18–22)

53 (42–62)

10 (8–11)

46 (28–63)

11 (9–14)

17 (8–30)

Percent unit change,b P

I–II

+ 6, <  0.001

+ 5, < 0.001

+ 12, < 0.001

+ 5, 0.066

+ 3, 0.297

+ 6, 0.057

+ 10, 0.003

+ 11, 0.025

+ 4, 0.577

+ 9, 0.101

III–IV

+ 3, <  0.001

+ 13, < 0.001

+ 1, 0.001

−8, 0.496

+ 1, 0.476

+ 8, 0.548

+ 2, 0.027

+ 10, 0.689

+ 6, < 0.001

+ 5, 0.238

Survival

Period

Stage

USA

The Netherlands

Belgium

Norway

Slovenia

Overall

Resected

Overall

Resected

Overall

Resected

Overall

Resected

Overall

Resected

OS (95% CI)1

OS (95% CI)

OS (95% CI)

OS (95% CI)

OS (95% CI)

OS (95% CI)

OS (95% CI)

OS (95% CI)

OS (95% CI)

OS (95% CI)

36 months

2003–2005

I–II

13 (13–14)

27 (25–29)

8 (7–10)

18 (14–22)

17 (14–21)

24 (19–29)

12 (9–16)

28 (20–36)

9 (6–14)

11 (6–17)

III–IV

2 (2–2)

7 (5–10)

1 (1–2)

14 (6–26)

2 (2–4)

8 (2–16)

1 (1–2)

10 (3–24)

1 (< 1–2)

NA

2006–2008

I–II

14 (14–15)

29 (27–30)

12 (10–13)

24 (20–28)

21 (18–23)

28 (25–32)

10 (7–14)

32 (22–41)

19 (14–26)

27 (19–37)

III–IV

2 (2–2)

9 (7–11)

1 (1–1)

11 (5–21)

2 (2–3)

7 (3–14)

2 (1–2)

24 (10–42)

2 (1–3)

12 (4–26)

2009–2011

I–II

17 (16–18)

33 (31–34)

16 (15–18)

29 (26–32)

20 (18–22)

30 (26–33)

15 (12–18)

30 (23–37)

12 (8–16)

17 (11–24)

III–IV

2 (2–2)

11 (9–14)

1 (1–1)

12 (6–21)

2 (1–3)

10 (5–16)

1 (1–2)

14 (5–30)

1 (< 1–1)

NA

Percent unit change,b P

I–II

+4, < 0.001

+ 5, < 0.001

+ 8, < 0.001

+ 11, < 0.001

+ 3, 0.076

+ 5, 0.035

+ 2, 0.025

+ 2, 0.205

+ 2, 0.468

+ 6, 0.069

III–IV

+ < 1, < 0.001

+ 5, < 0.001

+ < 1, 0.005

−2, 0.886

−1, 0.285

+ 2, 0.317

– < 1, 0.062

+4, 0.785

+ < 1, 0.002

NA, NA

60 months

2003–2005

I–II

9 (8–10)

18 (17–20)

4 (3–5)

10 (7–13)

11 (8–14)

16 (12–21)

9 (6–12)

18 (12–25)

7 (3–11)

9 (5–15)

III–IV

1 (1–1)

4 (2–6)

1 (< 1–1)

9 (3–20)

1 (< 1–2)

4 (1–11)

1 (< 1–1)

3 (< 1–15)

< 1 (< 1–1)

NA

2006–2008

I–II

10 (9–11)

20 (19–21)

7 (6–9)

15 (12–19)

13 (11–15)

18 (15–21)

7 (4–9)

20 (12–28)

9 (5–14)

13 (7–21)

III–IV

1 (1–1)

6 (5–9)

< 1 (< 1–1)

6 (2–14)

1 (1–2)

5 (2–11)

1 (< 1–1)

4 (< 1–17)

2 (1–3)

12 (4–26)

2009–2011

I–II

NA

NA

10 (8–12)

18 (15–21)

12 (10–14)

18 (15–21)

10 (7–13)

20 (14–27)

8 (5–12)

11 (6–17)

III–IV

NA

NA

1 (< 1–1)

12 (6–21)

1 (< 1–1)

2 (< 1–7)

< 1 (< 1–1)

NA

< 1 (< 1–1)

NA

Percent unit change,b P

I–II

NA, NA

NA, NA

+ 6, < 0.001

+ 8, < 0.001

+ 1, 0.109

+ 2, 0.090

+ 1, 0.043

+ 2, 0.262

+ 2, 0.469

+ 2, 0.113

III–IV

NA, NA

NA, NA

+ < 1, 0.004

+ 3, 0.935

–< 1, 0.290

−2, 0.409

- < 1, 0.069

NA, NA

+ < 1, 0.002

NA, NA

  1. OS overall survival, NA not available as follow-up was not long enough
  2. aData are shown as survival rate (95% confidence interval) [%]
  3. bPercent changes are shown by comparing average survival of patients diagnosed in 2009–2011 to those in 2003–2005. Significant changes according to P values calculated using the log-rank test are highlighted in bold