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

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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Published in:British journal of cancer 1997-01, Vol.75 (3), p.445-447
Main Authors: Berthier, F, Grosclaude, P, Bocquet, H, Faliu, B, Cayla, F, Machelard-Roumagnac, M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Biological and medical sciences
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Biomedicine
Cancer Research
Cross-Sectional Studies
Drug Resistance
Epidemiologic Methods
Epidemiology
Female
France - epidemiology
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Molecular Medicine
Neoplasms - epidemiology
Oncology
Prevalence
Registries
Reproducibility of Results
Sensitivity and Specificity
Surveys and Questionnaires
Tumors
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Summary: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.
ISSN:0007-0920
1532-1827
DOI:10.1038/bjc.1997.74