Evaluation of newspaper articles for coverage of public reporting data: A case study of unadjusted cancer survival data

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 95-100

  Higashi, Takahiro ^a   Nakamura, Fumiaki ^b   Saruki, Nobuhiro ^c   Takegami, Misa ^d   Hosokawa, Takayo ^b   Fukuhara, Shunichi ^b   Nakayama, Takeo ^b   Sobue, Tomotaka ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c GUNMA PREFECTURAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^d NATIONAL CEREBRAL AND CARDIOVASCULAR CENTER   (Japan)

^e NATIONAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cancer survival; Outcome assessment; Public reporting

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; JAPAN; PATIENT INFORMATION; PUBLICATION;

COMMUNICATIONS MEDIA; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NEWSPAPERS; PERIODICALS AS TOPIC; PUBLIC OPINION; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84871770762     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: 14653621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hys190     Document Type: Article

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