A comprehensive assessment of the impact of errors in the cancer registration process on 1-and 5-year relative survival estimates

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 108, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 691-698

  Rutherford, M J ^a   Moller H ^b   Lambert, P C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; HUMAN; MEDICAL ERROR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIMULATION;

COHORT STUDIES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84875225825     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2013.12     Document Type: Article

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