Pitfalls of practicing cancer epidemiology in resource-limited settings: the case of survival and lo...
Pitfalls of practicing cancer epidemiology in resource-limited settings: the case of survival and loss to follow-up after a diagnosis of Kaposi’s sarcoma in five countries across sub-Saharan Africa
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Freeman, Esther , Semeere, Aggrey , Wenger, Megan , Bwana, Mwebesa , Asirwa, F. Chite , Busakhala, Naftali , Oga, Emmanuel , Jedy-Agba, Elima , Kwaghe, Vivian , Iregbu, Kenneth , Jaquet, Antoine , Dabis, Francois , Yumo, Habakkuk Azinyui , Dusingize, Jean Claude , Bangsberg, David , Anastos, Kathryn , Phiri, Sam , Bohlius, Julia , Egger, Matthias , Yiannoutsos, Constantin , Wools-Kaloustian, Kara and Martin, Jeffrey
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England: BioMed Central Ltd
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England: BioMed Central Ltd
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Survival after diagnosis is a fundamental concern in cancer epidemiology. In resource-rich settings, ambient clinical databases, municipal data and cancer registries make survival estimation in real-world populations relatively straightforward. In resource-poor settings, given the deficiencies in a variety of health-related data systems, it is less...
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Pitfalls of practicing cancer epidemiology in resource-limited settings: the case of survival and loss to follow-up after a diagnosis of Kaposi’s sarcoma in five countries across sub-Saharan Africa
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Author / Creator
Semeere, Aggrey
Wenger, Megan
Bwana, Mwebesa
Asirwa, F. Chite
Busakhala, Naftali
Oga, Emmanuel
Jedy-Agba, Elima
Kwaghe, Vivian
Iregbu, Kenneth
Jaquet, Antoine
Dabis, Francois
Yumo, Habakkuk Azinyui
Dusingize, Jean Claude
Bangsberg, David
Anastos, Kathryn
Phiri, Sam
Bohlius, Julia
Egger, Matthias
Yiannoutsos, Constantin
Wools-Kaloustian, Kara
Martin, Jeffrey
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TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4744447
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_pubmedcentral_primary_oai_pubmedcentral_nih_gov_4744447
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1471-2407
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1471-2407
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10.1186/s12885-016-2080-0
