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BMJ No 7119 Volume 315 Letters Saturday 22 November 1997 New method for expressing survival in cancer Use of percentage of 'normal remaining life' may be confusing L B Tan New method would be more meaningful to patients than 10 year survival rates Jayne Harrison Relation between survival times and patients' age at diagnosis must be taken into account Ettore Marubini, Luigi Mariani Use of age specific relative survival is sufficient Jon Cresswell The following five letters were also sent in response to Vaidya and Mittra’s article but are not published in the paper journal. They have not been technically edited. O A Adedeji David Cameron A Messori, P Becagli, S Trippoli Mark Middleton W D J Ryder Home | Current issue | Past issues | Classified ads | Career Focus | Feedback Collections | About this site | About the BMJ | BMA | Medline