Modelling relative survival in the presence of incomplete data: A tutorial

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 118-128

  Nur, Ula ^a   Shack, Lorraine G ^a,b   Rachet, Bernard ^a   Carpenter, James R ^a   Coleman, Michel P ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^b CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer registry; Colorectal cancer; Missing data; Multiple imputation; Relative survival; Stage

Indexed keywords

CANCER; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; POISSON RATIO; POPULATION MODELING; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL MODEL; COLORECTAL TUMOR; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; REGISTER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; REGISTRIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952303020     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: 14643685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/dyp309     Document Type: Article

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