Accuracy of cause of death data routinely recorded in a population-based cancer registry: impact on cause-specific survival and validation using the Geneva Cancer Registry

Schaffar, Robin; Rapiti Aylward, Elisabetta; Rachet, Bernard; Woods, Laura

doi:10.1186/1471-2407-13-609

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Accuracy of cause of death data routinely recorded in a population-based cancer registry: impact on cause-specific survival and validation using the Geneva Cancer Registry

ContributorsSchaffar, Robin; Rapiti Aylward, Elisabetta; Rachet, Bernard; Woods, Laura

Published inBMC cancer, vol. 13, 609

Publication date2013

Abstract

Information on the underlying cause of death of cancer patients is of interest because it can be used to estimate net survival. The population-based Geneva Cancer Registry is unique because registrars are able to review the official cause of death. This study aims to describe the difference between the official and revised cause-of-death variables and the impact on cancer survival estimates.

Keywords

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Breast Neoplasms/epidemiology/mortality/pathology/therapy
Cause of Death
Child
Child, Preschool
Female
Humans
Infant
Infant, Newborn
Middle Aged
Neoplasm Staging
Population Surveillance
Registries
Risk Factors
Young Adult

Affiliation

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de santé et médecine communautaires / Institut de santé globale / Registre genevois des tumeurs

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SCHAFFAR, Robin et al. Accuracy of cause of death data routinely recorded in a population-based cancer registry: impact on cause-specific survival and validation using the Geneva Cancer Registry. In: BMC cancer, 2013, vol. 13, p. 609. doi: 10.1186/1471-2407-13-609

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PID : unige:43642
DOI : 10.1186/1471-2407-13-609
PMID : 24373194

ISSN of the journal1471-2407

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