Incorporating competing risk theory into evaluations of changes in cancer survival: making the most of cause of death and routinely linked sociodemographic data

Incorporating competing risk theory into evaluations of changes in cancer survival: making the most of cause of death and routinely linked sociodemographic data

BACKGROUND: Relative survival is the most common method used for measuring survival from population-based registries. However, the relative survival concept of 'survival as far as the cancer is concerned' can be biased due to differing non-cancer risk of death in the population with cancer...

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Main Authors: Wright, Cameron, Nowak, Anna, Halkett, Georgia, Moorin, Rachael
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020
Subjects:
Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Cancer survival
Competing risks
Relative survival
PROSTATE-CANCER
LUNG-CANCER
RELATIVE SURVIVAL
ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY
WESTERN-AUSTRALIA
MORTALITY
THERAPY
TRENDS
FLUOROURACIL
RADIOTHERAPY
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/81547

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http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/81547

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