Long-term crude probabilities of death among breast cancer patients by age and stage: a population-based survival study in Northeastern Spain (Girona-Tarragona 1985-2004).
Ramon ClèriesA AmeijideM BuxóJ M MartínezR Marcos-GrageraM-L VilardellM CarullaY YasuiM VilardellJ A EspinàsJ M BorràsJ GalceranÀ IzquierdoPublished in: Clinical & translational oncology : official publication of the Federation of Spanish Oncology Societies and of the National Cancer Institute of Mexico (2018)
In our study, women diagnosed with breast cancer had higher long-term probability to die from breast cancer than from other causes. The improvements in treatment and the lead-time bias in detecting cancer in an early stage resulted in a reduction of 19% in the risk of death between diagnostic periods.