Accuracy of cause of death data routinely recorded in a population-based cancer registry: impact on cause-specific survival and validation using the Geneva cancer registry

Background Information on the underlying cause of death of cancer patients is of interest because it can be used to estimate net survival. The population-based Geneva Cancer Registry is unique because registrars are able to review the official cause of death. This study aims to describe the differen...

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Published in:	BMC cancer Vol. 13; no. 1; p. 609
Main Authors:	Schaffar, Robin, Rapiti, Elisabetta, Rachet, Bernard, Woods, Laura
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	London BioMed Central 27.12.2013 BioMed Central Ltd Springer Nature B.V
Subjects:	Accuracy Adolescent Adult Aged Aged, 80 and over Biomedical and Life Sciences Biomedicine Breast cancer Breast Neoplasms - epidemiology Breast Neoplasms - mortality Breast Neoplasms - pathology Breast Neoplasms - therapy Cancer patients Cancer Research Cause of Death Child Child, Preschool Civil unions Disease Epidemiology Female Health care Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Humans Infant Infant, Newborn Japan Medical research Medicine/Public Health Middle Aged Mortality Neoplasm Staging Oncology Population Surveillance prevention and public health Preventive medicine Public health Registries Research Article Risk Factors Surgical Oncology Switzerland United Kingdom Young Adult United Kingdom Switzerland Japan Cancer registry Cause-of-death Cause-specific survival Concordance
ISSN:	1471-2407, 1471-2407
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