Bayesian adjustment for trend of colorectal cancer incidence in misclassified registering across Iranian provinces.

Misclassification error is a common problem of cancer registries in developing countries that leads to biased cancer rates. The purpose of this research is to use Bayesian method for correcting misclassification in registered cancer incidence of eighteen provinces in Iran. Incidence data of patients...

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Main Authors: Sajad Shojaee, Nastaran Hajizadeh, Hadis Najafimehr, Luca Busani, Mohamad Amin Pourhoseingholi, Ahmad Reza Baghestani, Maryam Nasserinejad, Sara Ashtari, Mohammad Reza Zali
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2018-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0199273