Using cancer registry data for survival studies: The example of the Ontario Cancer Registry

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 67-76

  Hall, Stephen ^a   Schulze, Karleen ^a   Groome, Patti ^a   Mackillop, William ^a   Holowaty, Eric ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Cancer registry; Confirmation rate; Data quality; Detection rate; Survival; Vital status

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CANADA; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; DEATH; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA;

CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CAUSE OF DEATH; DATA COLLECTION; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; ONTARIO; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 29144488538     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2005.05.001     Document Type: Article

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