Adjusting for reporting delay in cancer incidence when combining different sets of cancer registries

Biometrical Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 755-770

  Huang, Lan ^a   Midthune, Douglas ^b   Krapcho, Martin ^c   Zou, Zhaohui ^c   Horner, Marie Joseph ^d   Feuer, Eric J ^b  

^a CENTER FOR DRUG EVALUATION AND RESEARCH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC   (United States)

^d University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

Author keywords

Adjusted cancer incidence; Delay adjustment factor; Delay models; Reporting delay; SEER

Indexed keywords

DATA ACQUISITION; DERMATOLOGY; DISEASES; ONCOLOGY;

ADJUSTED CANCER INCIDENCE; ADJUSTMENT FACTORS; CANCER REGISTRIES; DATA COLLECTION; DELAY ADJUSTMENT FACTOR; DELAY DISTRIBUTIONS; DELAY MODELS; INCIDENCE RATE; REPORTING DELAY; SURVEILLANCE EPIDEMIOLOGY AND END RESULT;

POPULATION STATISTICS;

ADJUSTED CANCER INCIDENCE; AGED; ARTICLE; DELAY ADJUSTMENT FACTOR; DELAY MODELS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH ORGANIZATION; NEOPLASM; REGISTER; REPORTING DELAY; SEER; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADJUSTED CANCER INCIDENCE; DELAY ADJUSTMENT FACTOR; DELAY MODELS; REPORTING DELAY; SEER;

AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE (U.S.); NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84883338685     PISSN: 03233847     EISSN: 15214036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bimj.201100191     Document Type: Article

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