Survival estimates of @entity1 registered by population-based @entity5 registries reflect the average prognosis from a given @entity5 as they are based on unselected @entity1 with a wide range of natural histories and treatment patterns. In this paper, we report the survival experience of @entity14 @entity1 in Mumbai (Bombay), India. Follow-up information on 1642 @entity14 @entity1 registered by the Bombay Population-based Cancer Registry for the period 1987-1991 was obtained by matching with death certificates from the Bombay vital statistics registration system, postal/telephone enquiries, home visits and scrutiny of medical records. Cumulative observed and relative survival proportions were calculated by Hakulinen's method. For comparison of results with other populations, age-standardised relative survival (ASRS) was calculated by directly standardising age-specific relative survival to the specific age distributions of the world standard @entity5 @entity1 population in 1985. The log-rank test was used to identify the potential prognostic variables which were introduced step-wise into a Cox regression model to identify the independent predictors of survival. The 5-year relative survival was 36.6% for colon and 42.2% for @entity5 . Age, site of @entity5 and clinical stage of disease emerged as independent predictors of survival. Age-specific 5-year relative survival declined with advancing age. Survival at 5 years was 61.2% for localised @entity694 ; 31.9% for regional and 9.0% for distant metastatic disease. These were 65.7, 25.6 and 4.3%, respectively for @entity5 . Comparison of the results with other populations revealed significant variations, which seem to be related to differences in detection and treatment. The prognosis from @entity14 in Mumbai and developing countries, may be further improved through early detection linked with treatment.

Population-based survival from XXXX in Mumbai, (Bombay) India.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['patients', 'patient'] @entity694 :: ('MESH:D003110', 'Disease') :: ['colon cancer'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['rectal cancers', 'cancer', 'rectal cancer'] @entity14 :: ('MESH:D015179', 'Disease') :: ['colorectal cancer']
@entity14 :: (MESH:D015179,Disease) :: ['colorectal cancer']
