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The impact of life tables adjusted for smoking on the socio-economic difference in net survival for laryngeal and lung cancer

BACKGROUND: Net survival is a key measure in cancer control, but estimates for cancers that are strongly associated with smoking may be biased. General population life tables represent background mortality in net survival, but may not adequately reflect the higher mortality experienced by smokers. M...

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Autores principales: Ellis, L, Coleman, M P, Rachet, B
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4090723/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24853177
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2014.217