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Prevalence of cancer in the elderly: discrepancies between self-reported and registry data.

Data on self-reported cancer by a sample of 3349 elderly persons in the south-west of France were validated against registry data in the same region: only 21% of the persons on the cancer registry reported occurrence of cancer. Breast cancer was found to be most frequently accurately reported.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Berthier, F., Grosclaude, P., Bocquet, H., Faliu, B., Cayla, F., Machelard-Roumagnac, M.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group|1 1997
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2063375/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/9020495
Descripción
Sumario:Data on self-reported cancer by a sample of 3349 elderly persons in the south-west of France were validated against registry data in the same region: only 21% of the persons on the cancer registry reported occurrence of cancer. Breast cancer was found to be most frequently accurately reported.