Assessment of follow-up, and the completeness and accuracy of cancer case ascertainment in three areas of India

Cancer Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 334-341

  Mathew, Aleyamma ^a   Daniel, Carrie R ^b   Ferrucci, Leah M ^b   Seth, Tulika ^c   Devesa, Susan S ^b   George, Preethi S ^a   Shetty, Hemali ^d   Devasenapathy, Niveditha ^e   Yurgalevitch, Susan ^f   Rastogi, Tanuja ^g   Prabhakaran, Dorairaj ^e,h   Gupta, Prakash C ^d,h   Chatterjee, Nilanjan ^b   Sinha, Rashmi ^b  

^a REGIONAL CANCER CENTRE   (India)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

^d HEALIS SEKHSARIA INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH   (India)

^e CENTRE FOR CHRONIC DISEASE CONTROL   (India)

^f WESTAT   (United States)

^g World Food Programme   (Italy)

^h Principal Investigator of the respective centers ^*  (India)

Author keywords

Cancer; End point; Follow up; India; Prospective cohort; Registry

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER REGISTRY; COLORECTAL CANCER; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; INDIA; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MOUTH CANCER; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; NEOPLASM; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PHARYNX CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRIVATE HOSPITAL; PROSTATE CANCER; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; STOMACH CANCER; THYROID CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REGISTRIES;

EID: 79960002199     PISSN: 18777821     EISSN: 1877783X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2011.03.006     Document Type: Article

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