Record linkage to correct under‐ascertainment of cancers in HIV cohorts: The Sinikithemba HIV clinic linkage project

The surveillance of HIV‐related cancers in South Africa is hampered by the lack of systematic collection of cancer diagnoses in HIV cohorts and the absence of HIV status in cancer registries. To improve cancer ascertainment and estimate cancer incidence, we linked records of adults (aged ≥ 16 years)...

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Autores principales: Sengayi, Mazvita, Spoerri, Adrian, Egger, Matthias, Kielkowski, Danuta, Crankshaw, Tamaryn, Cloete, Christie, Giddy, Janet, Bohlius, Julia
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016
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Cancer Epidemiology
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5084785/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27098265
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ijc.30154

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5084785/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27098265
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ijc.30154

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