Impact of the Management and Proportion of Lost to Follow-Up Cases on Cancer Survival Estimates for Small Population-Based Cancer Registries

Autor: Fabian Gil, Adalberto Miranda-Filho, Claudia Uribe-Perez, N. E. Arias-Ortiz, M. C. Yépez-Chamorro, L. M. Bravo, Esther de Vries
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2022
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Zdroj: Journal of Cancer Epidemiology, Vol 2022 (2022)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 1687-8566
DOI: 10.1155/2022/9068214
Popis: Background. Estimation of survival requires follow-up of patients from diagnosis until death ensuring complete and good quality data. Many population-based cancer registries in low- and middle-income countries have difficulties linking registry data with regional or national vital statistics, increasing the chances of cases lost to follow-up. The impact of lost to follow-up cases on survival estimates from small population-based cancer registries (
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