A mathematical estimation of true cancer incidence using data from population-based cancer registries

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 150-155

  Kamo, Ken Ichi ^a,b   Kaneko, Satoshi ^a,c   Satoh, Kenichi ^d   Yanagihara, Hirokazu ^e   Mizuno, Shoichi ^f   Sobue, Tomotaka ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^b SAPPORO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^e HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^f TOKYO METROPOLITAN INSTITUTE OF GERONTOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cancer; Incidence; Models (theoretical); Neoplasms; Registries

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; JAPAN; JAPANESE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; NONLINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX RATIO; STATISTICAL MODEL; VITAL STATISTICS;

BIOMETRY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MODELS, THEORETICAL; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES;

EID: 34447620695     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: 14653621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyl143     Document Type: Article

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