Cancer Survival: An International Comparison of Outcomes (Chapter Report,
03/07/94, GAO/PEMD-94-5).

In comparing U.S. and Canadian survival rates for lung cancer, colon
cancer, Hodgkin's disease, and breast cancer, GAO found that breast
cancer patients lived longer after diagnosis in the United States than
in Canada. The outcomes were mixed for the other types of cancer
studied. Nine to 10 years after cancer was detected, the survival rates
for U.S. patients were indistinguishable from (in the cases of cases of
colon cancer and Hodgkin's disease) or lower (in the case of lung
cancer) than survival rates in Canada. One possible interpretation of
these findings is that quality of care for breast cancer patients is
better in the United States than in Canada and that for the three other
cancers it is about the same. Other interpretations focus on differences
in detection.

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 REPORTNUM:  PEMD-94-5
     TITLE:  Cancer Survival: An International Comparison of Outcomes
      DATE:  03/07/94
   SUBJECT:  Comparative analysis
             Cancer
             Cancer research
             Attrition rates
             Health surveys
             Patient care services
             Health statistics
             Data collection operations
             Quality-of-life data
             Information gathering operations
IDENTIFIER:  Ontario (Canada)
             NCI Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results Program
             
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