Bias in relative survival methods when using incorrect life-tables: Lung and bladder cancer by smoking status and ethnicity in New Zealand

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 131, Issue 6, 2012, Pages

  Blakely, Tony ^a   Soeberg, Matthew ^a   Carter, Kristie ^a   Costilla, Roy ^b   Atkinson, June ^a   Sarfati, Diana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

bias; bladder cancer; excess mortality; life tables; lung cancer; relative survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNICITY; EXCESS MORTALITY RATE RATIO; FEMALE; GENDER; HUMAN; LIFE TABLE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAORI; NET SURVIVAL; NEW ZEALAND; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RELATIVE SURVIVAL; RELATIVE SURVIVAL RATIO; SMOKING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIAS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); FEMALE; HUMANS; LIFE TABLES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; SMOKING; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84864122188     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.27531     Document Type: Article

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