Attributing death to cancer: cause-specific survival estimation.
Cancer survival estimation is an important part of assessing the overall strength of cancer care in a region. Generally, the death of a patient is taken as the end point in estimation of overall survival. When calculating the overall survival, the cause of death is not taken into account. With incre...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications
2002-10-01
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| Series: | Journal of Postgraduate Medicine |
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| Online Access: | http://www.jpgmonline.com/article.asp?issn=0022-3859;year=2002;volume=48;issue=4;spage=322;epage=6;aulast=Mathew |