Open AccessEstimating cancer survival – improving accuracy and relevance
Author(s) -
Baade Peter,
Cramb Susanna,
Dasgupta Paramita,
Youlden Danny
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
australian and new zealand journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.946
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1753-6405
pISSN - 1326-0200
DOI - 10.1111/1753-6405.12610
Subject(s) - relevance (law) , cancer , cancer survival , medicine , statistics , mathematics , political science , law
Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health 403 © 2016 Public Health Association of Australia With the number of people diagnosed with cancer increasing globally each year, the role of accurate and relevant indicators of the effectiveness of current management strategies at a population level is crucial for governments, policy makers, clinicians and planners as they seek to allocate and prioritise scarce resources and appropriately understand the changing burden of cancer. One such indicator is cancer survival.