Contemporary accuracy of death certificates for coding prostate cancer as a cause of death: Is reliance on death certification good enough? A comparison with blinded review by an independent cause of death evaluation committee

Background: Accurate cause of death assignment is crucial for prostate cancer epidemiology and trials reporting prostate cancer-specific mortality outcomes. Methods: We compared death certificate information with independent cause of death evaluation by an expert committee within a prostate cancer t...

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Vydáno v:British journal of cancer Ročník 115; číslo 1; s. 90 - 94
Hlavní autoři: Turner, Emma L, Metcalfe, Chris, Donovan, Jenny L, Noble, Sian, Sterne, Jonathan A C, Lane, J Athene, I Walsh, Eleanor, Hill, Elizabeth M, Down, Liz, Ben-Shlomo, Yoav, Oliver, Steven E, Evans, Simon, Brindle, Peter, Williams, Naomi J, Hughes, Laura J, Davies, Charlotte F, Ng, Siaw Yein, Neal, David E, Hamdy, Freddie C, Albertsen, Peter, Reid, Colette M, Oxley, Jon, McFarlane, John, Robinson, Mary C, Adolfsson, Jan, Zietman, Anthony, Baum, Michael, Koupparis, Anthony, Martin, Richard M
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: London Nature Publishing Group UK 28.06.2016
Nature Publishing Group
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692/308/2779/777
692/699/67/2322
692/699/67/589/466
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Biomedical and Life Sciences
Biomedicine
Cancer Research
Cause of Death
Certification
Committees
Confidence intervals
Death Certificates
Drug Resistance
Epidemiology
Humans
Male
Medical diagnosis
Medical records
Medical research
Molecular Medicine
Mortality
Oncology
Prostate - pathology
Prostate cancer
Prostatic Neoplasms - mortality
Prostatic Neoplasms - pathology
Sensitivity and Specificity
Short Communication
United Kingdom > UK
screening
prostate cancer
prostate cancer mortality
specificity
cause of death
sensitivity
cluster randomised controlled trial
death certification
ISSN:0007-0920, 1532-1827
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Shrnutí:Background: Accurate cause of death assignment is crucial for prostate cancer epidemiology and trials reporting prostate cancer-specific mortality outcomes. Methods: We compared death certificate information with independent cause of death evaluation by an expert committee within a prostate cancer trial (2002–2015). Results: Of 1236 deaths assessed, expert committee evaluation attributed 523 (42%) to prostate cancer, agreeing with death certificate cause of death in 1134 cases (92%, 95% CI: 90%, 93%). The sensitivity of death certificates in identifying prostate cancer deaths as classified by the committee was 91% (95% CI: 89%, 94%); specificity was 92% (95% CI: 90%, 94%). Sensitivity and specificity were lower where death occurred within 1 year of diagnosis, and where there was another primary cancer diagnosis. Conclusions: UK death certificates accurately identify cause of death in men with prostate cancer, supporting their use in routine statistics. Possible differential misattribution by trial arm supports independent evaluation in randomised trials.
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ISSN:0007-0920
1532-1827
DOI:10.1038/bjc.2016.162