Abstract
Reporting-adjusted cancer incidence rates are valuable in precisely determining current cancer incidence rates and trends and in monitoring the timeliness of data collection. Ignoring reporting delay and reporting error may produce downwardly biased cancer incidence trends, particularly in the most recent diagnosis years.
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MedicineIncidence (geometry)Breast cancerConfidence intervalCancerColorectal cancerEpidemiologyPopulationProstate cancerLung cancerDemographyCancer registrySurveillanceEpidemiologyand End ResultsGynecologyInternal medicineEnvironmental health
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- 94
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- 20
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- 1537-1545
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L. X. Clegg
(2002).
Impact of Reporting Delay and Reporting Error on Cancer Incidence Rates and Trends.
JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute
, 94
(20)
, 1537-1545.
https://doi.org/10.1093/jnci/94.20.1537
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- 10.1093/jnci/94.20.1537