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 a...

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Main Authors: Hava Izci (Author), Tim Tambuyzer (Author), Jessica Vandeven (Author), Jérôme Xicluna (Author), Hans Wildiers (Author), Kevin Punie (Author), Nynke Willers (Author), Eva Oldenburger (Author), Els Van Nieuwenhuysen (Author), Patrick Berteloot (Author), Ann Smeets (Author), Ines Nevelsteen (Author), Anne Deblander (Author), Harlinde De Schutter (Author), Patrick Neven (Author), Geert Silversmit (Author), Freija Verdoodt (Author)
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Published: BMC, 2021-06-01T00:00:00Z.
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