Table 1

Number of respondents per country, response rates, mean national cancer survival rates for the four cancers of interest

Number of respondents (% of all respondents)Number of PCPs invitedResponse rate (%)1-year relative cancer survival* (%)5-year relative cancer survival* (%)
Respondents per country (in alphabetical order)
 Bulgaria59 (2.8)9065.659.638.4
 Croatia67 (3.2)29222.963.744.7
 Denmark107 (5.1)40026.869.045.4
 England65 (3.1)30021.765.242.7
 Finland65 (3.1)17836.573.250.3
 France59 (2.8)55010.774.949.8
 Germany103 (4.9)24242.673.550.3
 Greece68 (3.3)31821.4Data not available
 Israel75 (3.6)33922.179.2†58.3†
 Italy63 (3.0)20031.572.949.4
 Netherlands113 (5.4)16017.172.049.1
 Norway90 (4.3)50018.072.849.9
 Poland152 (7.3)42236.065.841.5
 Portugal65 (3.1)22728.671.048.2
 Romania177 (8.5)Not knownData not available
 Scotland65 (3.1)35018.666.543.7
 Slovenia104 (5.0)35229.569.544.8
 Spain446 (21.4)Not known70.346.8
 Sweden79 (3.8)40019.875.951.5
 Switzerland64 (3.1)10064.075.750.2
 Total2086 (100)
  • *Calculated using International Cancer Survival Standards (ICSS).

  • †Calculated from data provided by B. Silverman, Israel Ministry of Health (personal communication, 7 September 2017) and Y. Schonmann, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (personal communication, 7 September 2018).

  • PCPs, primary care practitioners.