Reduction in selective under-ascertainment bias in population-based estimates of cancer patient survival by age adjustment

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 41, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1788-1793

  Brenner, Hermann ^a   Hakulinen, Timo ^b  

^a GERMAN CENTRE FOR RESEARCH ON AGEING   (Germany)

^b FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Bias; Cancer registries; Statistical methods; Survival

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; HUMAN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FINLAND; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 23644451953     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2005.03.029     Document Type: Article

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