Should relative survival be used with lung cancer data?

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 106, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 1854-1859

  Hinchliffe, S R ^a   Rutherford, M J ^a   Crowther, M J ^a   Nelson, C P ^a   Lambert, P C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

expected survival; lung cancer; relative survival; sensitivity analysis; smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELATIVE SURVIVAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SMOKING; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; LIFE TABLES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84861461247     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2012.182     Document Type: Article

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