More up-to-date monitoring of long-term survival rates by cancer registries: An empirical example

Methods of Information in Medicine

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 248-252

  Brenner, H ^a   Gefeller, O ^a   Stegmaier, C ^a   Ziegler, H ^a  

^a GERMAN CENTRE FOR RESEARCH ON AGEING   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cancer registries; Epidemiological methods; Survival

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHODOLOGY; PATIENT MONITORING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0034915065     PISSN: 00261270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0038-1634161     Document Type: Article

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