Updating vital status by tracking in the community among patients with epidemic Kaposi sarcoma who are lost to follow-up in sub-Saharan Africa

Updating vital status by tracking in the community among patients with epidemic Kaposi sarcoma who are lost to follow-up in sub-Saharan Africa

Abstract Background Throughout most of sub-Saharan Africa (and, indeed, most resource-limited areas), lack of death registries prohibits linkage of cancer diagnoses and precludes the most expeditious approach to determining cancer survival. Instead, estimation of cancer survival often uses clinical...

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Main Authors: Aggrey Semeere, Esther Freeman, Megan Wenger, David Glidden, Mwebesa Bwana, Micheal Kanyesigye, Fredrick Chite Asirwa, Elyne Rotich, Naftali Busakhala, Emmanuel Oga, Elima Jedy-Agba, Vivian Kwaghe, Kenneth Iregbu, Clement Adebamowo, Antoine Jaquet, Francois Dabis, Sam Phiri, Julia Bohlius, Matthias Egger, Constantin T. Yiannoutsos, Kara Wools-Kaloustian, Jeffrey Martin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-09-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Subjects:
Loss to follow-up
Tracking
Tracing
Updating vital status
Survival
Mortality
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12885-017-3549-1

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