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SUBMITTER: Jacobs EJ
PROVIDER: S-EPMC5860149 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Jacobs Eric J EJ Briggs Peter J PJ Deka Anusila A Newton Christina C CC Ward Kevin C KC Kohler Betsy A BA Gapstur Susan M SM Patel Alpa V AV
American journal of epidemiology 20171001 7
All states in the United States now have a well-established cancer registry. Linkage with these registries may be a cost-effective method of follow-up for cancer incidence in multistate cohort studies. However, the sensitivity of linkage with the current network of state registries for detecting incident cancer diagnoses within cohort studies is not well-documented. We examined the sensitivity of registry linkage among 39,368 men and women from 23 states who enrolled in the Cancer Prevention Stu ...[more]