National cancer incidence is estimated using the incidence/mortality ratio in countries with local incidence data: Is this estimation correct?

Cancer Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 270-277

  Uhry, Z ^a   Belot, A ^a,b,c   Colonna, M ^d,e   Bossard, N ^b,c   Rogel, A ^a   Iwaz, J ^b,c   Mitton, N ^e   Grosclaude, P ^d,f   Remontet, L ^b,c  

^a INSTITUT DE VEILLE SANITAIRE   (France)

^b HOSPICES CIVILS DE LYON   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^d Francim Réseau français des registres des cancers   (France)

^e Registre du Cancer de l'Isere   (France)

^f Registre des Cancers du Tarn   (France)

Author keywords

Administrative health databases; Cancer; Estimation; Incidence; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LARYNX CANCER; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MELANOMA; MYELOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OROPHARYNX CANCER; OVARY CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOMACH CANCER; TESTIS CANCER; THYROID CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERUS CANCER;

AGE FACTORS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEOPLASMS; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84876338797     PISSN: 18777821     EISSN: 1877783X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2012.12.007     Document Type: Article

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