Prevalence of cancer in the elderly: discrepancies between self-reported and registry data

F Berthier; P Grosclaude; H Bocquet; B Faliu; F Cayla; M Machelard-Roumagnac

doi:10.1038/bjc.1997.74

Prevalence of cancer in the elderly: discrepancies between self-reported and registry data

Br J Cancer. 1997;75(3):445-7. doi: 10.1038/bjc.1997.74.

Authors

F Berthier¹, P Grosclaude, H Bocquet, B Faliu, F Cayla, M Machelard-Roumagnac

Affiliation

¹ Laboratoire d'Epidémiologie et de Sante Publique, Faculté de Médecine,Toulouse, France.

Abstract

Data on self-reported cancer by a sample of 3349 elderly persons in the south-west of France were validated against registry data in the same region: only 21% of the persons on the cancer registry reported occurrence of cancer. Breast cancer was found to be most frequently accurately reported.

Publication types

Comparative Study
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged*
Cross-Sectional Studies
Epidemiologic Methods
Female
France / epidemiology
Humans
Male
Neoplasms / epidemiology*
Prevalence
Registries
Reproducibility of Results
Sensitivity and Specificity
Surveys and Questionnaires