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From: Choice of relative or cause-specific approach to cancer survival analysis impacts estimates differentially by cancer type, population, and application: evidence from a Canadian population-based cohort study

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Age-standardized 5-year survival proportion by cancer, sex, ethnicity, and method. First primaries only, cases aged 45 to 90 at diagnosis, diagnosed between January 1, 2001, and December 31, 2009, excluding Quebec. Error bars indicate 95% confidence intervals. FN: First Nations; NA: Non-Aboriginal; NHL: Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma; RS-ELT: Relative Survival with ethnicity-specific life tables; RS-GLT: Relative Survival with general population life tables; CS-Broad: Cause-specific survival with a broad definition of cancer death; CS-Narrow: Cause-specific survival with a narrow definition of cancer death; NHL: Non-Hodgkin lymphoma

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