Effect of improved data collection on breast cancer incidence and survival: Reconciliation of a registry with a clinical database

British Medical Journal

Volumn 321, Issue 7255, 2000, Pages 214-

  Stotter, Anne ^a   Bright, Nicola ^b   Silcocks, Paul B ^b   Botha, Johannes L ^b  

^a GLENFIELD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b WESTON PARK HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; DATABASES, FACTUAL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MEDICAL RECORD LINKAGE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0034702537     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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