Deriving valid population-based cancer survival estimates in the presence of nonnegligible proportions of cancers notified by death certificates only

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2480-2486

  Brenner, Hermann ^a   Holleczek, Bernd ^b  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b Saarland Cancer Registry   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CALCULATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; DEATH CERTIFICATE; GERMANY; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; LUNG CANCER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; STOMACH CANCER; VALIDITY;

DEATH CERTIFICATES; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 83055178120     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.EPI-11-0697     Document Type: Article

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