Characteristics of cases with unknown stage prostate cancer in a population-based cancer registry

Cancer Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 813-819

  Luo, Qingwei ^a,b   Yu, Xue Qin ^a,b   Cooke Yarborough, Claire ^c   Smith, David P ^a,d   O'Connell, Dianne L ^a,b,e,f  

^a CANCER RESEARCH DIVISION   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c CANCER INSTITUTE NSW   (Australia)

^d GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^f UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Australia; Bias; Cancer registry; Epidemiology; Population based; Prostate cancer; PSA (prostate specific antigen) test; Socio economic status; Survival; Unknown stage

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER;

AUSTRALIA; BIAS; CANCER REGISTRY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; POPULATION-BASED; PROSTATE CANCER; PSA (PROSTATE-SPECIFIC ANTIGEN) TEST; SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS; SURVIVAL; UNKNOWN STAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEW SOUTH WALES; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84888308396     PISSN: 18777821     EISSN: 1877783X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2013.09.008     Document Type: Article

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