An R package for an integrated evaluation of statistical approaches to cancer incidence projection

An R package for an integrated evaluation of statistical approaches to cancer incidence projection

Abstract Background Projection of future cancer incidence is an important task in cancer epidemiology. The results are of interest also for biomedical research and public health policy. Age-Period-Cohort (APC) models, usually based on long-term cancer registry data (> 20 yrs), are established for...

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Main Authors: Maximilian Knoll, Jennifer Furkel, Jürgen Debus, Amir Abdollahi, André Karch, Christian Stock
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2020-10-01
Series:BMC Medical Research Methodology
Subjects:
Cancer epidemiology, age-period-cohort model
Bayesian model
Cancer incidence projection
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12874-020-01133-5

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