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JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute 2001 93(2):89-92; doi:10.1093/jnci/93.2.89
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Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 93, No. 2, 89-92, January 17, 2001
© 2001 Oxford University Press

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Canada–U.S. Mortality Comparison Highlights Analytical Pitfalls

Lou Fintor

A highly publicized advocacy group report contending that some Canadian cancer patients die at rates much higher than those in the United States has raised as many questions about the availability, comparability, analysis, and reporting of cancer statistical information in Canada as it has about the country’s quality of care.

Citing barriers to care that include long treatment waiting lists and inadequate numbers of specialists, the Toronto-based Cancer Advocacy Coalition of Canada’s analysis maintains that Canadian cancer patients—with the exception of those in Alberta and British Columbia—fare far worse than their American counterparts.



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