Table 3 Estimated marginal relative survival at 1, 5 and 10 years from diagnosis using time splits at 0.05, 0.1, 0.2, 0.5, 1 and 2.5 years and using 4 6 8 and 10 knots to model the baseline

1 years

0.05

0.951 (0.943,0.958)

0.951 (0.943,0.958)

0.951 (0.943,0.958)

0.952 (0.944,0.958)

0.1

0.951 (0.943,0.958)

0.951 (0.943,0.958)

0.951 (0.943,0.958)

0.952 (0.944,0.959)

0.2

0.951 (0.943,0.958)

0.951 (0.943,0.958)

0.951 (0.943,0.958)

0.952 (0.944,0.959)

0.5

0.952 (0.944,0.958)

0.952 (0.944,0.959)

0.952 (0.944,0.958)

0.952 (0.945,0.959)

1

0.952 (0.944,0.959)

0.952 (0.944,0.959)

0.952 (0.944,0.959)

0.953 (0.945,0.960)

2.5

0.954 (0.946,0.960)

0.954 (0.946,0.961)

0.954 (0.946,0.960)

0.955 (0.947,0.961)

5 years

0.05

0.787 (0.769,0.805)

0.786 (0.767,0.803)

0.786 (0.767,0.803)

0.786 (0.767,0.803)

0.1

0.788 (0.769,0.805)

0.786 (0.767,0.803)

0.786 (0.767,0.804)

0.786 (0.767,0.803)

0.2

0.788 (0.770,0.806)

0.787 (0.768,0.804)

0.787 (0.768,0.804)

0.787 (0.768,0.804)

0.5

0.790 (0.772,0.807)

0.789 (0.770,0.806)

0.789 (0.770,0.806)

0.789 (0.770,0.806)

1

0.793 (0.775,0.810)

0.792 (0.773,0.809)

0.792 (0.773,0.809)

0.792 (0.773,0.809)

2.5

0.803 (0.786,0.820)

0.801 (0.783,0.818)

0.801 (0.783,0.818)

0.801 (0.783,0.818)

10 years

0.05

0.737 (0.700,0.770)

0.742 (0.703,0.777)

0.743 (0.703,0.779)

0.743 (0.701,0.780)

0.1

0.737 (0.700,0.771)

0.742 (0.703,0.777)

0.744 (0.703,0.780)

0.744 (0.702,0.780)

0.2

0.739 (0.702,0.772)

0.744 (0.705,0.778)

0.745 (0.705,0.781)

0.745 (0.703,0.782)

0.5

0.742 (0.706,0.775)

0.747 (0.709,0.782)

0.749 (0.709,0.784)

0.749 (0.708,0.785)

1

0.748 (0.712,0.780)

0.753 (0.715,0.786)

0.754 (0.716,0.789)

0.754 (0.714,0.789)

2.5

0.767 (0.734,0.796)

0.772 (0.738,0.803)

0.774 (0.739,0.806)

0.774 (0.738,0.806)