Cancer survival improvements in the north region of Portugal during the 2001-2010 were not universal for all cancer sites. A significant increase in net survival was observed for stomach, colon, pancreas, larynx, melanoma, breast, brain and central nervous system, thyroid, non-Hodgkin lymphoma and multiple myeloma. No significant changes in survival were found for gynaecological tumours neither for oesophagus, rectum, liver, prostate, kidney and bladder cancer.
