Cancer survival in Norway 1965–2021: Extending standard reporting to improve communication of survival statistics

The primary purpose of this post is to provide links to a series of related publications and resources to which I am proud to have contributed and which I hope will be of benefit to the research community, particularly those interested in reporting patient survival using cancer registry data.

1. TÅ Myklebust, B Aagnes, Y Nilssen, ALV Johansson, MJ Rutherford, TML Andersson, PC Lambert, B Møller, PW Dickman. Cancer in Norway 2021 Special Issue. Cancer survival in Norway 1965–2021: Extending standard reporting to improve communication of survival statistics. Oslo: Cancer Registry of Norway, 2022.

2. Myklebust TÅ, Aagnes B, Nilssen Y, Rutherford M, Lambert PC, Andersson TML, Johansson ALV, Dickman PW, Møller B. Improving communication of cancer survival statistics-feasibility of implementing model-based algorithms in routine publications. Br J Cancer. 2023. [link to full text]

3. Notes and Stata code for producing the special issue

The Cancer Registry of Norway has long produced high-quality annual reports (Cancer in Norway) describing incidence, mortality, prevalence, and survival. In 2023, they published a special issue with extended reporting of patient survival (reference 1 above). The authors also published an article in The British Journal of Cancer (reference 2 above), briefly describing what they had done and commenting on the utility of surch reports. The authors also provided Stata code (reference 3) to assist others interested in performing similar analyses.