Journal article
Temporal trends in the relative survival among patients diagnosed with ovarian cancer in Canada 1992–2005: A population-based study
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Ovarian cancer affects about 2600 women annually in Canada and about 1750 are expected to die from this disease. We estimated the trends in the relative survival ratio for patients diagnosed with epithelial invasive ovarian cancer in Canadian population between 1992 and 2005.
METHODS: A flexible parametric model was used to estimate the relative survival ratio. Relative survival ratio is defined as the observed survival among cancer …
Authors
Akhtar-Danesh N; Elit L; Lytwyn A
Journal
Gynecologic Oncology, Vol. 123, No. 2, pp. 192–195
Publisher
Elsevier
Publication Date
November 2011
DOI
10.1016/j.ygyno.2011.07.098
ISSN
0090-8258