Regional differences in population-based cancer survival between six prefectures in Japan: application of relative survival models with funnel plots.

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Published in Cancer Sci on April 21, 2009

Authors

Yuri Ito1, Akiko Ioka, Hideaki Tsukuma, Wakiko Ajiki, Tomoyuki Sugimoto, Bernard Rachet, Michel P Coleman

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Cancer Control and Statistics, Osaka Medical Center for Cancer and Cardiovascular Diseases, Osaka, Japan. itou-yu2@mc.pref.osaka.jp

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