Comparisons of colorectal cancer mortality between screening participants and the general population are strongly biased unless an incidence-based mortality approach is used

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 67, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 184-189

  Brenner, Hermann ^a   Hoffmeister, Michael ^a   Jansen, Lina ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bias; Cohort study; Colorectal cancer; Incidence; Mortality; Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZED MORTALITY RATIO; STATISTICAL BIAS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84891625333     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: 18785921     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2013.08.017     Document Type: Article

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