Colorectal cancer ascertainment through cancer registries, hospital episode statistics, and self-reporting compared to confirmation by clinician: A cohort study nested within the UK Collaborative Trial of Ovarian Cancer Screening (UKCTOCS)
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DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2018.11.011
Abstract: Highlights • Ninety-two & 99% of colorectal cancers were registered after one & six years.• Hospital Episode Statistics tend to capture events unregistered after one year.• Self-reporting by women aged ≥50 was less reliable and… read more here.
Keywords: cancer ascertainment; episode statistics; colorectal cancer; self reporting ... See more keywords