Misclassification of breast cancer as cause of death in a service screening area

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 533-538

  Goldoni, Carlo Alberto ^a   Bonora, Karin ^a   Ciatto, Stefano ^b   Giovannetti, Lucia ^b   Patriarca, Silvia ^c   Sapino, Anna ^d   Sarti, Samanta ^e   Puliti, Donella ^b   Paci, Eugenio ^b  

^a AUSL Modena   (Italy)

^b ISPO Cancer Prevention and Research Institute   (Italy)

^c Registro Tumori Piemonte   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^e Divisione di Oncologia Medica   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Cause of death; Death certificates; Hospital records

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DEATH CERTIFICATE; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; MULTIPLE CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALGORITHMS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HOSPITAL RECORDS; HUMANS; PATIENT DISCHARGE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 67349238236     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: 15737225     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10552-008-9261-3     Document Type: Article

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