The Medical journal of Australia
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Comparative Study
Survival of South Australian cancer patients: a study of the State's Cancer Registry data.
Survival rates for cancer patients derived from population-based data are a fundamental means of monitoring the effectiveness of treatment for the community at large. We used South Australian Cancer Registry data to study survival by cancer site from date of diagnosis in 1977-79 to August 1980. One-year and two-year cumulative percentage survival rates for all types of invasive cancer were 64% (+/- 0.5%) and 54% (+/- 0.5%) respectively. We anticipate that these findings will provide a yardstick for intra-hospital survival analyses.
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This paper describes a case of pure red-cell aplasia in a child whose mother and grandfather also had the disorder. A raised haemoglobin F level was documented in the child and his mother in remission, and in a sibling who was not anaemic. Further support is provided for the theory that this disorder is inherited as a autosomal dominant with variable expressivity, and that a raised haemoglobin F level in a family member who is not anaemic is a genetic marker for pure red-cell aplasia.