Impact of including second and later cancers in cause-specific survival estimates using population-based registry data.

Background: Second or later primary cancers account for approximately 20% of incident cases in the United States. Currently, cause-specific survival (CSS) analyses exclude these cancers because the cause of death (COD) classification algorithm was available only for first cancers. The authors added...

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Published in:Cancer (0008543X) Vol. 128; no. 3; pp. 547 - 558
Main Authors: Forjaz, Gonçalo, Howlader, Nadia, Scoppa, Steve, Johnson, Christopher J., Mariotto, Angela B.
Format: research Journal Article
Published: Wiley-Blackwell Feb2022
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