Diverging trends in colorectal cancer morbidity and mortality. Earlier diagnosis comes at a price
In developed countries, time trends in the incidence of colorectal cancer differ markedly from trends in mortality. This study sought to explain simultaneously changes in both colorectal cancer incidence and mortality. Data on first admissions, interventions and outcome from the national hospital registry over the period 1978–1989 and data on mortality from Statistics Netherlands over the same period were analysed by age-period models and subsequently entered in a Markov chain model, simulating disease history from first admission to death. Over the period 1978–1989, age adjusted numbers of fi... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 1995 |
Schlagwörter: | Colorectal neoplasms / Computer simulation models / Epidemiology / Prevention and control / Prognosis / Screening / The Netherlands |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26832910 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
Powered By: | BASE |
Link(s) : | http://repub.eur.nl/pub/61455 |