The validity of self-reported cancer diagnoses and factors associated with accurate reporting in a cohort of older Australian women

Cancer Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2011, Pages

  Stavrou, Efty ^a   Vajdic, Claire M ^a   Loxton, Deborah ^b   Pearson, Sallie Anne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer epidemiology; Older women; Predictive value of tests; Sensitivity; Specificity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER REGISTRY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; FALSE NEGATIVE RESULT; FALSE POSITIVE RESULT; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; VALIDATION PROCESS;

ADOLESCENT; AGED; AUSTRALIA; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SELF REPORT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81055140611     PISSN: 18777821     EISSN: 1877783X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2011.02.005     Document Type: Article

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