Skip Navigation

This Article
Right arrow FREE Full Text (PDF) Freely available
Right arrow Alert me when this article is cited
Right arrow Alert me if a correction is posted
Services
Right arrow Email this article to a friend
Right arrow Similar articles in this journal
Right arrow Similar articles in PubMed
Right arrow Alert me to new issues of the journal
Right arrow Add to My Personal Archive
Right arrow Download to citation manager
Right arrow Search for citing articles in:
ISI Web of Science (10)
Right arrowRequest Permissions
Right arrow Disclaimer
Google Scholar
Right arrow Articles by Weinstock, M. A.
Right arrow Articles by Reynes, J. F.
Right arrow Search for Related Content
PubMed
Right arrow PubMed Citation
Right arrow Articles by Weinstock, M. A.
Right arrow Articles by Reynes, J. F.
Social Bookmarking
Add to CiteULike   Add to Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us  
What's this?

American Journal of Epidemiology Vol. 148, No. 12: 1184-1186
Copyright © 1998 by The Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health

other

Validation of Cause-of-death Certification for Outpatient Cancers: The Contrasting Cases of Melanoma and Mycosis Fungoides

Martin A. Weinstock and Josefina F. Reynes

From the Dermatoepidemioiogy Unit, Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Department of Dermatology, Rhode Island Hospital and Brown University Providence, Rl.

Reprint requests to Dr. Martin A. Weinstock, Dermatoepidemiology Unit, Veterans Affairs Medical Center-111D, 830 Chalkstone Avenue, Providence, Rl 02908-4799.

The reported incidence of cancers typically diagnosed in the outpatient setting may underestimate their true frequency, but the validity of mortality estimates from many of these causes has not been studied in detail. The authors sought to evaluate the validity of mortality estimation from death certificates for two such cancers, melanoma and mycosis fungoides (a cutaneous lymphoma), using routinely collected cancer registry data for 1973–1994 from the Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results program. Their method estimates that 93% of the deaths attributable to melanoma were certified as due to melanoma but that only 60% of the deaths attributable to mycosis fungoides were so certified. Evaluation of the accuracy of cause-of-death certification in this manner is helpful in the interpretation of mortality statistics. Am J Epidemiol 1998; 148: 1184–6.

death certificates; melanoma; mortality; mycosis fungoides; registries


Add to CiteULike CiteULike   Add to Connotea Connotea   Add to Del.icio.us Del.icio.us    What's this?


This article has been cited by other articles:


Home page
 JNCI J Natl Cancer InstHome page
B. K. Hollenbeck, Z. Ye, R. L. Dunn, J. E. Montie, and J. D. Birkmeyer
Provider Treatment Intensity and Outcomes for Patients With Early-Stage Bladder Cancer
J Natl Cancer Inst, April 15, 2009; 101(8): 571 - 580.
[Abstract] [Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 Int J EpidemiolHome page
M. Bopp, A. Spoerri, M. Zwahlen, F. Gutzwiller, F. Paccaud, C. Braun-Fahrlander, A. Rougemont, and M. Egger
Cohort Profile: The Swiss National Cohort--a longitudinal study of 6.8 million people
Int. J. Epidemiol., April 1, 2009; 38(2): 379 - 384.
[Full Text] [PDF]

Home page
 JNCI J Natl Cancer InstHome page
D. F. Penson, P. C. Albertsen, P. S. Nelson, M. Barry, and J. L. Stanford
Determining Cause of Death in Prostate Cancer: Are Death Certificates Valid?
J Natl Cancer Inst, December 5, 2001; 93(23): 1822 - 1823.
[Full Text] [PDF]


Disclaimer: Please note that abstracts for content published before 1996 were created through digital scanning and may therefore not exactly replicate the text of the original print issues. All efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, but the Publisher will not be held responsible for any remaining inaccuracies. If you require any further clarification, please contact our Customer Services Department.