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Prevalence of cancer in the elderly: discrepancies between self-reported and registry data

British Journal of Cancer volume 75, pages 445–447 (1997)Cite this article

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Data on self-reported cancer by a sample of 3349 elderly persons in the south-west of France were validated against registry data in the same region: only 21% of the persons on the cancer registry reported occurrence of cancer. Breast cancer was found to be most frequently accurately reported.

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  1. Laboratoire d'Epidémiologie et de Sante Publique, Faculté de Médecine,Toulouse, France

    F Berthier

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Berthier, F., Grosclaude, P., Bocquet, H. et al. Prevalence of cancer in the elderly: discrepancies between self-reported and registry data. Br J Cancer 75, 445–447 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.1997.74

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