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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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Five-year excess mortality rate ratios and hazard ratios for First Nations compared to non-Aboriginals. 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. EMRR: Excess mortality rate ratio; HR: Hazard Ratio; 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; OC&P: Oral cavity & pharynx

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