Contemporary accuracy of death certificates for coding prostate cancer as a cause of death: Is reliance on death certification good enough? A comparison with blinded review by an independent cause of death evaluation committee

BACKGROUND: Accurate cause of death assignment is crucial for prostate cancer epidemiology and trials reporting prostate cancer-specific mortality outcomes. METHODS: We compared death certificate information with independent cause of death evaluation by an expert committee within a prostate cancer t...

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Autores principales: Turner, Emma L, Metcalfe, Chris, Donovan, Jenny L, Noble, Sian, Sterne, Jonathan A C, Lane, J Athene, I Walsh, Eleanor, Hill, Elizabeth M, Down, Liz, Ben-Shlomo, Yoav, Oliver, Steven E, Evans, Simon, Brindle, Peter, Williams, Naomi J, Hughes, Laura J, Davies, Charlotte F, Ng, Siaw Yein, Neal, David E, Hamdy, Freddie C, Albertsen, Peter, Reid, Colette M, Oxley, Jon, McFarlane, John, Robinson, Mary C, Adolfsson, Jan, Zietman, Anthony, Baum, Michael, Koupparis, Anthony, Martin, Richard M
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2016
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Short Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4931376/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27253172
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2016.162

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