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Is the risk of cancer in Australia overstated? The importance of competing mortality for estimating lifetime risk.

Anthea C BachKelvin Se LoThanya PathiranaPaul P GlasziouAlexandra L BarrattMark A JonesKaty J L Bell
Published in: The Medical journal of Australia (2019)
The method employed in Australia to calculate the lifetime risks of cancer diagnosis and mortality overestimates these risks, especially for men.
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