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Fall, KatjaKarolinska Institutet
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Reliability of death certificates in prostate cancer patients
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2009-07-09
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Informa UK Limited,2008
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LIBRIS-ID:oai:DiVA.org:oru-7064
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https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:oru:diva-7064URI
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https://doi.org/10.1080/00365590802078583DOI
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https://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-44453URI
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Language:English
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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.
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Strömberg, Fredrik
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Rosell, Johan,1966-Östergötlands Läns Landsting,Linköpings universitet,Hälsouniversitetet,Onkologiska kliniken US(Swepub:liu)johro19
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Andrén, OveÖrebro universitet,Hälsoakademin(Swepub:oru)oan
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Varenhorst, Eberhard,1937-Östergötlands Läns Landsting,Linköpings universitet,Hälsouniversitetet,Urologi,Urologiska kliniken i Östergötland(Swepub:liu)ebeva05
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Karolinska InstitutetHälsouniversitetet
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In:Scandinavian Journal of Urology and Nephrology: Informa UK Limited42:4, s. 352-3570036-55991651-2065
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