Impact of the Management and Proportion of Lost to Follow-Up Cases on Cancer Survival Estimates for Small Population-Based Cancer Registries.
Jacky Fabian Armando Gil-LaverdeAdalberto M FilhoClaudia UribeNelson Enrique Arias-OrtizMaria Clara Yépez ChamorroLuisa Mercedes Bravo GoyesEsther de VriesPublished in: Journal of cancer epidemiology (2022)
Estimation of cancer survival from small population-based registries must be interpreted with caution: even small proportions of censoring, or excluding lost to follow-up cases can inflate survival, making it hard to interpret comparison across regions or countries.