ACCURACY OF REPORTS OF FAMILIAL BREAST-CANCER IN A CASE-CONTROL SERIES

被引：29

作者：

PARENT, ME

GHADIRIAN, P

LACROIX, A

PERRET, C

机构：

[1] Epidemiology Research Unit, Montréal, QC

[2] Department of Nutrition, University of Montréal, Montréal, QC

[3] Laboratory of Nutrition and Cancer, Research Center, Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal, Montréal, QC

[4] Department of Medicine, University of Montréal, Montréal, QC

来源：

EPIDEMIOLOGY | 1995年 / 6卷 / 02期

关键词：

BREAST NEOPLASMS; FAMILY; CASE CONTROL STUDIES; BIAS;

D O I：

10.1097/00001648-199503000-00018

中图分类号：

R1 [预防医学、卫生学];

学科分类号：

1004 ; 120402 ;

摘要：

We examined pathology records to determine the accuracy of reports of breast cancer among 125 first degree relatives by 414 breast cancer cases and 429 population-based controls. Cases who reported only one affected relative tended to overreport the occurrence of breast cancer to a slightly larger extent (4%) than controls (3%). One-third of reports by cases with at least two affected relatives were erroneous, compared with none in the control group. Both cases and controls committed absolute errors of approximately 2 years when reporting the age at diagnosis of relatives. These results indicate that some recall bias is introduced when self reports of breast cancer occurrence in first-degree relatives are used in case control studies.

引用

页码：184 / 186

页数：3

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