Brain, other CNS and intracranial tumours survival statistics

Survival

Survive brain tumours for 5 or more years, 2013-2017, England

Age

Age that malignant brain tumour survival is highest, 2009-2013, England

 

Improvement

Malignant brain tumour survival in the UK has doubled in the last 40 years

 

40.2% of males survive brain cancer for at least one year. This falls to 11.1% surviving for five years or more, as shown by age-standardised net survival for patients diagnosed with brain cancer during 2013-2017 in England.[1] Survival for females at one year is 39.7% and falls to 13.8% surviving for at least five years. Survival for females is similar to than for males at one year, and higher than for at five years.

Brain Cancer (C71), Age-Standardised One- and Five-Year Net Survival, Adults (Aged 15-99), England, 2013-2017

The bar chart shows one- and five-year net survival, with 95% confidence intervals. Open a glossary item
 

Ten-year survival estimates are not available for this cancer.

See also

Cancer survival statistics for common cancers in the UK

References

  1. Office for National Statistics, Cancer survival by stage at diagnosis for England, 2019.

About this data

Data is for England, 2013 - 2017, ICD-10 C71.

Survival statistics give an overall picture of survival and the survival time experienced by an individual patient may be much higher or lower, depending on specific patient and tumour characteristics.

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Five-year survival for brain cancer is highest in the youngest men and women and decreases with increasing age. Five-year net survival in men ranges from 57% in 15-39 year-olds to 1% in 80-99 year-olds for patients diagnosed with brain cancer in England during 2009-2013.[1] In women, five-year survival ranges from 62% to 1% in the same age groups.

Brain Cancer (C71), Five-Year Net Survival by Age, England, 2009-2013

See also

Brain tumour incidence statistics by age

Brain tumour mortality statistics by age

Cancer survival statistics by age for all cancers in the UK

References

  1. Office for National Statistics. Cancer survival in England: adults diagnosed in 2009 to 2013, followed up to 2014. Newport: ONS; 2015.

About this data

Data is for: England, 2009-2013, ICD-10 C71

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As with most cancers, survival for brain cancer is improving. One-year age-standardised Open a glossary item net survival for brain cancer in men has increased from 18% during 1971-1972 to 41% during 2010-2011 in England and Wales – an absolute survival difference Open a glossary item of 23 percentage points.[1] In women, one-year survival has increased from 18% to 39% over the same time period (a difference of 21 percentage points).

Brain Cancer (C71), Age-Standardised One-Year Net Survival, England and Wales, 1971-2011

Five- and ten-year survival has increased by a lesser amount than one-year survival since the early 1970s. Five-year age-standardised net survival for brain cancer in men has increased from 7% during 1971-1972 to a predicted survival of 18% during 2010-2011 in England and Wales – an absolute survival difference of 11 percentage points.[1] In women, five-year survival has increased from 8% to 20% over the same time period (a difference of 11 percentage points).

Brain Cancer (C71), Age-Standardised Five-Year Net Survival, Adults (Aged 15-99), England and Wales, 1971-2011

Five-year survival for 2010-2011 is predicted using an excess hazard statistical model

Ten-year age-standardised net survival for brain cancer in men has increased from 5% during 1971-1972 to a predicted survival of 13% during 2010-2011 in England and Wales - an absolute survival difference of 8 percentage points.[1] In women, ten-year survival has increased from 6% to 14% over the same time period (a difference of 8 percentage points). Overall, around 1 in 7 people diagnosed with brain cancer today are predicted to survive their disease for at least ten years.

Brain Cancer (C71), Age-Standardised Ten-Year Net Survival, Adults (Aged 15-99), England and Wales, 1971-2011

Ten-year survival for 2005-2006 and 2010-2011 is predicted using an excess hazard statistical model

See also

Brain tumour incidence trends over time

Brain tumour mortality trends over time

Cancer survival trends over time for all cancers in the UK

References

  1. Data were provided by London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine on request, 2014.

About this data

Data is for: England and Wales, 1971-2011, ICD-10 C71

Last reviewed:

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