Prevalence of cancer in the elderly: discrepancies between self-reported and registry data.
Data on self-reported cancer by a sample of 3349 elderly persons in the south-west of France were validated against registry data in the same region: only 21% of the persons on the cancer registry reported occurrence of cancer. Breast cancer was found to be most frequently accurately reported.
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| Format: | Online |
| Language: | English |
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Nature Publishing Group|1
1997
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| Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2063375/ |