Pitfalls of practicing cancer epidemiology in resource-limited settings: the case of survival and loss to follow-up after a diagnosis of Kaposi’s sarcoma in five countries across sub-Saharan Africa

BACKGROUND: Survival after diagnosis is a fundamental concern in cancer epidemiology. In resource-rich settings, ambient clinical databases, municipal data and cancer registries make survival estimation in real-world populations relatively straightforward. In resource-poor settings, given the defici...

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Autores principales: Freeman, Esther, Semeere, Aggrey, Wenger, Megan, Bwana, Mwebesa, Asirwa, F. Chite, Busakhala, Naftali, Oga, Emmanuel, Jedy-Agba, Elima, Kwaghe, Vivian, Iregbu, Kenneth, Jaquet, Antoine, Dabis, Francois, Yumo, Habakkuk Azinyui, Dusingize, Jean Claude, Bangsberg, David, Anastos, Kathryn, Phiri, Sam, Bohlius, Julia, Egger, Matthias, Yiannoutsos, Constantin, Wools-Kaloustian, Kara, Martin, Jeffrey
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4744447/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26852390
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12885-016-2080-0

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