What is mortality denominator?

What is mortality denominator?

Screening detects more slow growing or comparatively benign cancers such that case rate mortality with prostate cancers alone in the denominator will favour screening over no screening with fewer slow growing prostate cancers. [...]screening symptom-free men is intended to detect at an earlier stage...

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Veröffentlicht in:BMJ 2011-06, Vol.342 (7811), p.1325-1325
1. Verfasser: Tolan, Gil D
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Age
Cancer screening
Health hazards
Humans
Male
Medical screening
Mortality
Prostate cancer
PROSTATE CANCER SCREENING
Prostatic Neoplasms - diagnosis
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Zusammenfassung:Screening detects more slow growing or comparatively benign cancers such that case rate mortality with prostate cancers alone in the denominator will favour screening over no screening with fewer slow growing prostate cancers. [...]screening symptom-free men is intended to detect at an earlier stage before metastasis. Detecting any cancer at...
ISSN:0959-8138
1468-5833
1756-1833
DOI:10.1136/bmj.d3702