Luigino Dal Maso, Federica Toffolutti, Angela De Paoli, Fabiola Giudici, Silvia Francisci, Lauro Bucchi, Manuel Zorzi, Mario Fusco, Adele Caldarella, Silvia Rossi, Roberta De Angelis, Laura Botta, Alessandra Ravaioli, Claudia Casella, Antonino Musolino, Maria Francesca Vitale, Lucia Mangone, Anna Clara Fanetti, Eva Carpin, Maria Giovanna Burgio Lo Monaco, Enrica Migliore, Maria Letizia Gambino, Margherita Ferrante, Fabrizio Stracci, Cinzia Gasparotti, Giuliano Carrozzi, Rossella Cavallo, Walter Mazzucco, Paola Ballotari, Stefano Ferretti, Giuseppe Sampietro, Roberto Vito Rizzello, Lorenza Boschetti, Giuseppe Cascone, Michael Mian, Maria Teresa Pesce, Daniela Piras, Rocco Galasso, Francesca Bella, Pietro Seghini, Pasquala Pinna, Emanuele Crocetti, Diego Serraino, Stefano Guzzinati
People alive many years after breast (BC) or colorectal cancer (CRC) diagnoses are increasing. This paper aimed to estimate the indicators of cancer cure and complete prevalence for Italian patients with BC and CRC by stage and age. A total of 31 Italian Cancer Registries (47% of the population) data until 2017 were included. Mixture cure models allowed estimation of net survival (NS); cure fraction (CF); time to cure (TTC, 5-year conditional NS >95%); cure prevalence (who will not die of cancer); and already cured (prevalent patients living longer than TTC)...
March 23, 2024: International Journal of Cancer. Journal International du Cancer