Choice of relative or cause-specific approach to cancer survival analysis impacts estimates differentially by cancer type, population, and application: evidence from a Canadian population-based cohort study

Abstract Background Cause-specific (CS) and net survival in a relative survival framework (RS) are two of the most common methods for estimating cancer survival. In this paper, we assess the differences in results produced by two permutations of cause-specific and relative survival applied to estima...

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Main Authors: Diana R. Withrow (Author), Jason D. Pole (Author), E. Diane Nishri (Author), Michael Tjepkema (Author), Loraine D. Marrett (Author)
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Published: BMC, 2017-07-01T00:00:00Z.
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