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Conditional relative survival of cancer patients and conditional probability of death
Cancer, 07/07/09

Bouvier AM et al. - The annual probability of death in patients with lung cancer decreased for both sexes but remained substantially higher for men than for women, reaching approximately 8% and 5%, respectively, at 10 years.

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Anne-Marie Bouvier, 07/08/09

The French network FRANCIM dataset has the advantage of including large-scale, population-based data with standardized registration procedures and a high level of completeness. One of the main interests of this study was to underline the finding that age at diagnosis did not influence the long-term annual conditional probability of death in the same way for all cancer sites. After the fifth year and until the 10th year, the annual probability of death was higher in younger age groups for prostate and breast cancers, whereas it did not vary according to age groups for colorectal or lung cancers.

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Underweight and breast cancer recurrence and death: A report from the Korean breast cancer society
Journal of Clinical Oncology, 10/08/09 Relevance Score: 72%

Patient delay in cancer studies: a discussion of methods and measures
BMC Health Services Research, 10/23/09 Relevance Score: 71%

Estimated dose to the rectum and colon in prostate cancer patients treated with exclusive radiation therapy presenting a secondary colorectal malignancy
Clinical Oncology, 10/07/09 Relevance Score: 71%

Breast, Colorectal and Prostate Cancer Screening for Cancer Survivors and Non-Cancer Patients in Community Practices
Journal of General Internal Medicine, 10/21/09 Relevance Score: 70%

Overexpression of p53 is correlated with poor outcome in premenopausal women with breast cancer treated with tamoxifen after chemotherapy
Breast Cancer Research and Treatment, 10/12/09 Relevance Score: 70%