A comparison of disease specific survival of patients who died of and who had newly diagnosed prostate cancer

被引:3
作者
Boer, R [1 ]
deKoning, HJ [1 ]
Beemsterboer, PMM [1 ]
Warmerdam, PG [1 ]
Schroeder, FH [1 ]
机构
[1] ERASMUS UNIV ROTTERDAM,DEPT UROL,NL-3000 DR ROTTERDAM,NETHERLANDS
关键词
survival; prostatic neoplasms; mortality; epidemiology; MORTALITY; MANAGEMENT;
D O I
10.1016/S0022-5347(01)64857-2
中图分类号
R5 [内科学]; R69 [泌尿科学(泌尿生殖系疾病)];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
Purpose: We investigated the validity of calculating prostate specific survival from a population of deaths occurring during a given period. Materials and Methods: Stochastic simulation was used to generate a large number of life histories of men with prostate cancer. Results: The investigated method of calculating survival can lead to different outcomes compared to the standard method. In an example with a Dutch population structure the investigated method leads to strong underestimation of 25 years of survival. Conclusions: The method of calculating survival studied is theoretically not valid. Several probable changes in the population can produce results that are different from the standard method of calculating survival.
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页码:1768 / 1771
页数:4
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