Cause of death for patients with breast cancer: discordance between death certificates and medical files, and impact on survival estimates
Abstract Background Registration and coding of cause of death is prone to error since determining the exact underlying condition leading directly to death is challenging. In this study, causes of death from the death certificates were compared to patients’ medical files interpreted by experts at Uni...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-06-01
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Series: | Archives of Public Health |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-021-00637-w |