On the Statistic tab in a Survival session, you must choose one of the following survival measures to calculate survival rates. If you are unsure of the appropriate survival measure to use for your analysis, see Determining the Appropriate Cancer Survival Measure. Additionally, you must choose the method of calculation, and whether to use Period Survival.
Observed
Survival Only
Observed survival is an estimate of the probability of surviving all causes
of death for a specified time interval calculated from the cohort of cancer
cases.
Relative
Survival
Relative survival is a net survival measure representing cancer survival
in the absence of other causes of death.
Cause-Specific
Survival
Cause-specific survival is a net survival measure representing survival
of a specified cause of death in the absence of other causes of death.
Crude
Probability of Death Using Expected Survival
The crude probability of death measures the mortality patterns actually
experienced in a cohort of cancer patients on which many possible causes
of death are acting simultaneously. This option estimates the probability
of dying from cancer and dying from other causes in a cohort of cancer
patients. The measure uses expected survival (obtained from the expected
life tables) to estimate the probability of dying from other causes in
each interval.
Crude
Probability of Death Using Cause of Death Information
The crude probability of death measures the mortality patterns actually
experienced in a cohort of cancer patients on which many possible causes
of death are acting simultaneously. This option estimates the probability
of dying from cancer and dying from other causes in a cohort of cancer
patients. Cause of death information is used to identify those individuals
that have died from cancer.
If you choose to calculate relative survival, or crude probability of death using expected survival, you must also select an expected rates table. If you choose cause-specific survival, or crude probability of death using cause of death information, a definition of cause of death is required.