- The Observer, Sunday March 3 2002
Survival rates after five years for the three main cancers (per cent)
England
Lung: 7
Breast: 66.7
Colon: 41
Scotland
Lung: 6.1
Breast: 65.0
Colon: 41.1
Austria
Lung: 10.1
Breast: 63.2
Colon: 54.7
France
Lung: 11.5
Breast: 80.3
Colon: 51.8
Germany
Lung: 8.7
Breast: 71.7
Colon: 49.6
Italy
Lung: 8.6
Breast: 76.7
Colon: 46.9
Netherlands
Lung: 11.7
Breast: 74.4
Colon: 58.7
Spain
Lung: 11.9
Breast: 70.4
Colon: 49.5
Sweden
Lung: 8.8
Breast: 80.6
Colon: 51.8
Switzerland
Lung: 10.9
Breast: 79.6
Colon: 52.3
Source: Eurocare 2 Report, World Health Organisation 1999
