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Table 18.8

Myeloma

5-Year Relative Survival (Percent) by Year of Diagnosis
Year of
Diagnosis
All Races Whites Blacks
Both Sexes Males Females Both Sexes Males Females Both Sexes Males Females
1960-1963a - - - 12 13 10 - - -
1970-1973a - - - 19 20 17 - - -
1975-1977b 25.1 24.5 25.8 24.5 24.0 25.1 30.3 31.0 29.6
1978-1980b 26.0 24.6 27.4 25.0 24.5 25.6 31.9 27.4 36.2
1981-1983b 27.8 25.9 29.7 27.5 25.7 29.3 28.9 29.8 27.9
1984-1986b 27.4 27.9 27.0 26.2 26.1 26.3 32.1 33.3 30.9
1987-1989b 27.5 29.1 25.9 27.2 29.3 25.0 30.3 30.3 30.3
1990-1992b 29.5 30.8 28.1 28.6 29.8 27.2 34.6 38.6 30.8
1993-1995b 32.0 32.4 31.6 30.9 31.6 30.2 35.6 34.8 36.0
1996-1998b 32.6 34.8 30.1 32.4 34.7 29.8 31.2 32.9 30.0
1999-2001b 34.2 36.9 31.1 34.2 37.0 30.7 33.1 35.9 30.7
2002-2008b 42.6f 43.8f 41.2f 42.9f 44.9f 40.4f 42.7f 41.5f 43.9f
5-Year Period Survival (Percent)cd
Year All Races Whites Blacks
Both Sexes Males Females Both Sexes Males Females Both Sexes Males Females
2008 42.2 43.2 40.9 42.3 44.0 40.1 41.4 40.5 42.2
Stage Distribution (%) 2002-2008ce, Case Counts and Percentages
Stage at
Diagnosis
All Races Whites Blacks
Both Sexes Males Females Both Sexes Males Females Both Sexes Males Females
Number of cases 26,471 14,301 12,170 19,665 10,931 8,734 5,055 2,469 2,586
Percent 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
Localized 5 6 4 5 6 4 4 4 3
Regional 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Distant 95 94 96 95 94 96 96 96 97
Unstaged 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5-Year Relative Survival (Percent) 2002-2008c by Age at Diagnosis
Age at
Diagnosis
All Races Whites Blacks
Both Sexes Males Females Both Sexes Males Females Both Sexes Males Females
Ages <45 63.9 65.4 61.8 63.9 66.9 58.4 63.1 60.9 65.3
Ages 45-54 57.2 55.5 59.6 60.2 58.6 62.7 49.0 44.6 53.6
Ages 55-64 50.8 50.2 51.6 51.2 50.6 52.0 48.6 46.3 51.2
Ages 65-74 39.0 38.2 39.9 39.1 38.9 39.5 36.8 35.2 38.5
Ages 75+ 24.5 25.8 23.4 24.5 26.7 22.5 23.6 21.1 25.1
Ages <65 54.4 53.6 55.4 55.4 55.0 56.1 50.7 47.4 54.1
Ages 65+ 31.3 32.2 30.4 31.2 32.8 29.4 30.7 29.6 31.6
5-Year Relative Survival (Percent) 2002-2008c by Stage at Diagnosise
Stage at
Diagnosis
All Races Whites Blacks
Both Sexes Males Females Both Sexes Males Females Both Sexes Males Females
All Stages 41.1 42.1 40.1 40.9 42.6 38.8 41.0 39.5 42.4
Localized 67.0 71.6 59.4 67.1 72.3 57.8 58.1 59.7g 55.8g
Regional - - - - - - - - -
Distant 39.8 40.3 39.3 39.4 40.6 38.0 40.3 38.6 41.9
Unstaged - - - - - - - - -

Footnotes:

a Based on End Results data from a series of hospital registries and one population-based registry.

b SEER 9 areas (San Francisco, Connecticut, Detroit, Hawaii, Iowa, New Mexico, Seattle, Utah, Atlanta). Based on follow-up of patients into 2009.

c SEER 18 areas (San Francisco, Connecticut, Detroit, Hawaii, Iowa, New Mexico, Seattle, Utah, Atlanta, San Jose-Monterey, Los Angeles, Alaska Native Registry, Rural Georgia, California excluding SF/SJM/LA, Kentucky, Louisiana, New Jersey and Georgia excluding ATL/RG). Based on follow-up of patients into 2009.

d Period survival provides a 2008 estimate of survival by piecing together the most recent conditional survival estimates from several cohorts. It is computed here using three year calendar blocks (2006-2008: 0-1 year survival), (2005-2007: 1-2 year survival), (2004-2006: 2-3 year survival), (2003-2005: 3-4 year survival), (2002-2004: 4-5 years survival).

e Stage at diagnosis is classified using SEER Summary Stage 2000.

f The difference between 1975-1977 and 2002-2008 is statistically significant (p<.05).

g The standard error is between 5 and 10 percentage points.

h The standard error is greater than 10 percentage points.

- Statistic could not be calculated due to fewer than 25 cases during the time period.

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