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On the Validity of Using Increases in 5-Year Survival Rates to Measure Success in the Fight against Cancer
BACKGROUND: The 5-year survival rate of cancer patients is the most commonly used statistic to reflect improvements in the war against cancer. This idea, however, was refuted based on an analysis showing that changes in 5-year survival over time bear no relationship with changes in cancer mortality....
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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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Public Library of Science
2014
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| Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4108307/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25054541 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0083100 |