Rebuttal to editorial saying cancer survival statistics are misleading

BMJ

Volumn 343, Issue 7814, 2011, Pages

  Coleman, Michel P ^a   Rachet, Bernard ^a   Woods, Laura ^a   Berrino, Franco ^b   Butler, John ^c,d   Capocaccia, Riccardo ^e   Dickman, Paul ^f   Gavin, Anna ^g   Giorgi, Roch ^h   Hamilton, Willie ⁱ   Lambert, Paul ^j   Peake, Michael D ^k   Perme, Maja Pohar ^l   Stare, Janez ^l   Vedstedt, Peter ^m  

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

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d International Cancer Benchmarking Partnership ^*  (United Kingdom)

^e ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^f KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^g QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^h AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

ⁱ PENINSULA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^k NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE   (United Kingdom)

^l UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA   (Slovenia)

^m AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; HEALTH CARE POLICY; LETTER; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLICATION; SIMULATION; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM;

HUMANS; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 79960087295     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17561833     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmj.d4214     Document Type: Letter

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