Bias from Stage Migration in Cancer Survival

Autor:	Karen Smith Blesch
Rok vydání:	2014
Předmět:	Oncology medicine.medical_specialty business.industry food and beverages Cancer Cancer survival Will Rogers phenomenon medicine.disease Stage migration Surgery symbols.namesake Internal medicine Cohort medicine symbols business Cancer staging
Zdroj:	Encyclopedia of Biostatistics
DOI:	10.1002/9781118445112.stat05306
Popis:	Stage migration due to different methods of cancer staging can artifactually inflate cancer survival rates by shifting patients with a marginal prognosis out of a better prognosis group into a worse prognosis group. This bias can be avoided by ensuring that comparable staging methods are used when comparing survival across cancer cohorts. Keywords: prognosis; cohort; bias; survival; staging; Will Rogers effect
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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