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[...] even though cancer registration is constantly improving in the UK, one cannot dismiss that gaps in case ascertainment in England might be responsible for a proportion of the survival differences when comparisons are made with those countries having nearly complete case ascertainment, for example Sweden. [...] early detection could simply increase the time between diagnosis and death, without modifying the fatal outcome but increasing survival (lead-time bias).

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Subject
Breast cancer;
Mortality;
Mammography;
Health services
MeSH
Breast Neoplasms -- mortality, Colorectal Neoplasms -- mortality, Female, Humans, Incidence, International Cooperation, Lung Neoplasms -- mortality, Male, Mortality -- trends, Neoplasms -- epidemiology, Ovarian Neoplasms -- mortality, Registries, Risk Factors, Survival Rate, Neoplasms -- mortality (major)
Identifier / keyword
Survival; Cancer; Lead time bias; United Kingdom
Title
Caution needed for country-specific cancer survival
Author
Autier, Philippe; Boniol, Mathieu
Publication title
The Lancet; London
Volume
377
Issue
9760
Pages
99-101
Number of pages
3
Publication year
2011
Publication date
Jan 8-Jan 14, 2011
Section
Comment
Publisher
Elsevier Limited
Place of publication
London
Country of publication
United Kingdom
Publication subject
Medical Sciences
ISSN
01406736
e-ISSN
1474547X
CODEN
LANCAO
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
Document type
Commentary, Comment
Document feature
References; Tables
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(10)62347-1
Accession number
21215872
ProQuest document ID
856795575
Document URL
https://www.proquest.com/scholarly-journals/caution-needed-country-specific-cancer-survival/docview/856795575/se-2?accountid=208611
Copyright
Copyright Elsevier Limited Jan 8-Jan 14, 2011
Last updated
2024-10-04
Database
ProQuest One Academic