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Reliability of deat...
Reliability of death certificates in prostate cancer patients
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- Fall, Katja (author)
- Karolinska Institutet
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Strömberg, Fredrik (author)
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- Rosell, Johan, 1966- (author)
- Östergötlands Läns Landsting,Linköpings universitet,Hälsouniversitetet,Onkologiska kliniken US
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- Andrén, Ove (author)
- Örebro universitet,Hälsoakademin
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- Varenhorst, Eberhard, 1937- (author)
- Östergötlands Läns Landsting,Linköpings universitet,Hälsouniversitetet,Urologi,Urologiska kliniken i Östergötland
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- 2009-07-09
- 2008
- English.
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In: Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0036-5599 .- 1651-2065. ; 42:4, s. 352-357
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- OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the reliability of cause-of-death diagnoses among prostate cancer patients. MATERIAL AND METHODS: Information from death certificates obtained from the Swedish Death Register was compared with systematically reviewed medical records from the population-based Swedish Regional Prostate Cancer Register, South-East Region. In total, 5675 patients were included who had been diagnosed with prostate cancer between 1987 and 1999 and who had died before 1 January 2003. RESULTS: The proportion of prostate cancer cases classified as having died from prostate cancer was 3% higher in the official death certificates than in the reviewed records [0.03, 95% confidence interval (CI) 0.02 to 0.04]. Overall agreement between the official cause of death and the reviewed data was 86% (95% CI 85 to 87%). A higher accuracy was observed among men with localized disease (88%, 95% CI 87 to 89%), aged 60 years or younger at death (96%, 95% CI 93 to 100%), or who had undergone curative treatment (91%, 95% CI 88 to 95%). This study indicates a relatively high reliability of official cause-of-death statistics of prostate cancer patients in Sweden. CONCLUSION: Mortality data obtained from death certificates may be useful in the evaluation of large-scale prostate cancer intervention programmes, especially among younger patients with localized disease.
Subject headings
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Klinisk medicin -- Cancer och onkologi (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Clinical Medicine -- Cancer and Oncology (hsv//eng)
- MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP -- Klinisk medicin -- Urologi och njurmedicin (hsv//swe)
- MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES -- Clinical Medicine -- Urology and Nephrology (hsv//eng)
Keyword
- MEDICINE
- MEDICIN
- Oncology
- Onkologi
- Urology and andrology
- Urologi och andrologi
- Onkologi
- Oncology
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- ref (subject category)
- art (subject category)
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