Cancer survival analysis in Germany - Heading towards representative and comparable findings;Überlebenschancen von krebspatienten in Deutschland - Auf dem weg zu repräsentativen, vergleichbaren aussagen

Gesundheitswesen

Volumn 72, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 692-699

  Nennecke, A ^a   Brenner, H ^b   Eberle, A ^c   Geiss, K ^d   Holleczek, B ^e   Kieschke, J ^f   Kraywinkel, K ^g  

^a Hamburgisches Krebsregister ^*  (Germany)

^b GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR PREVENTION RESEARCH AND EPIDEMIOLOGY BIPS   (Germany)

^d Bevölkerungsbezogenes Krebsregister Bayern   (Germany)

^e Epidemiologisches Krebsregister Saarland   (Germany)

^f Epidemiologisches Krebsregister Niedersachsen   (Germany)

^g ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

cancer registry; data quality; methods; survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CULTURAL FACTOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PUBLIC HEALTH; REGISTER; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DATA COLLECTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; SOFTWARE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77958168619     PISSN: 09413790     EISSN: 14394421     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1242772     Document Type: Article

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