§ Mrs. Bridget PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of women with breast cancer in Britain have, since 1980, died within(a) one year, (b) three years and (c) five years of the original diagnosis being made; and what comparison she has made of the survival rates of women with breast cancer in other EC countries.
§ Mr. SackvilleThe one, three and five-year relative survival rates—per cent.—for cases registered in 1981 in(a) England and Wales and (b) Scotland are given in the table. More recent figures for England and Wales are not available. Those for Scotland show no change in the five-year relative survival rate, but small improvements in the one and three-year rates. Figures on cancer survival are not published by any other EC country.
One, three and five year relative survival (per cent.) of cases of breast cancer registered in England and Wales and in Scotland in 1981 one year relative survival rate three year relative survival rate five year relative survival rate England and Wales 86 71 62 Scotland 87 72 62