Self-report by elderly breast cancer patients was an acceptable alternative to surveillance, epidemiology, and end results (SEER) abstract data

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 58, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1316-1319

  Schootman, Mario ^a,b   Jeffe, Donna B ^a,b   West, Michele M ^c   Aft, Rebecca ^a,b,d  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Accuracy; Breast cancer; Elderly; Kappa; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HORMONAL THERAPY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

AGED; AUTOBIOGRAPHY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; MEDICAL RECORDS; MEMORY; SEER PROGRAM;

EID: 27744579454     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2005.04.002     Document Type: Article

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