Five-year trends in mortality indices among gynecological cancer patients in Canada

OBJECTIVE: To estimate and compare the five-year trends in excess mortality rate, net probability of death, and crude probability of death for patients diagnosed with epithelial invasive gynecological cancers in Canada. We compared these trends among ovarian, uterine, and cervical cancers. METHODS: A flexible parametric model was used to estimate the three mortality indices for gynecological cancers. We incorporated age group, type of cancer, …