Current practices in cancer spatial data analysis: a call for guidance

There has long been a recognition that place matters in health, from recognition of clusters of yellow fever and cholera in the 1800s to modern day analyses of regional and neighborhood effects on cancer patterns. Here we provide a summary of discussions about current practices in the spatial analys...

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Autores principales: Pickle, Linda Williams, Waller, Lance A, Lawson, Andrew B
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2005
Materias:
Review
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC545045/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15649320
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1476-072X-4-3
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Sumario:There has long been a recognition that place matters in health, from recognition of clusters of yellow fever and cholera in the 1800s to modern day analyses of regional and neighborhood effects on cancer patterns. Here we provide a summary of discussions about current practices in the spatial analysis of georeferenced cancer data by a panel of experts recently convened at the National Cancer Institute.

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