Investigating changes over time in socioeconomic gaps in cancer survival: using differences in relative survival versus differences in excess mortality rates can give different answers

T Blakely; M Soeberg; D Sarfati

doi:10.1093/annonc/mdr523

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Investigating changes over time in socioeconomic gaps in cancer survival: using differences in relative survival versus differences in excess mortality rates can give different answers

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Investigating changes over time in socioeconomic gaps in cancer survival: using differences in relative survival versus differences in excess mortality rates can give different answers

T Blakely, M Soeberg and D Sarfati

Annals of oncology, Vol.23(1), pp.278-279

2012

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1093/annonc/mdr523

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https://hdl.handle.net/10523/36748

Appears in Cancer and Chronic Conditions (C3)

Abstract

Letter to the Editor

cancer survival

Cancer and Chronic Conditions (C3) Collection

inequalities

survival ratios

mortality rates

Letter to the Editor re: Lyratzopoulos G, et al. (2011). Changes over time in socioeconomic inequalities in breast and rectal cancer survival in England and Wales during a 32-year period (1973-2004): the potential role of health care. Ann Oncol. 22(7):1661-1666. doi: 10.1093/annonc/mdq647.

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Record Identifier: 9926529295401891
Title: Investigating changes over time in socioeconomic gaps in cancer survival: using differences in relative survival versus differences in excess mortality rates can give different answers
Creators: T Blakely
M Soeberg
D Sarfati
Publication Details: Annals of oncology, Vol.23(1), pp.278-279
Academic Unit: Public Health (UOW)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Date published ; e-published: 2012
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Language: English
Resource Type ; Subtype: Letter/Communication