Choice of relative or cause-specific approach to cancer survival analysis impacts estimates differentially by cancer type, population, and application: evidence from a Canadian population-based cohort study

BACKGROUND: Cause-specific (CS) and net survival in a relative survival framework (RS) are two of the most common methods for estimating cancer survival. In this paper, we assess the differences in results produced by two permutations of cause-specific and relative survival applied to estimating can...

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Autores principales: Withrow, Diana R., Pole, Jason D., Nishri, E. Diane, Tjepkema, Michael, Marrett, Loraine D.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2017
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5496357/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28673318
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12963-017-0142-4

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5496357/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28673318
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12963-017-0142-4

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