© 2002 by Oxford University Press
Journal of the National Cancer Institute, Vol. 94, No. 3, 155,
February 6, 2002
© 2002 Oxford University Press
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Disease-specific mortality is the most widely accepted end point in randomized cancer screening trials. The validity of this end point requires that the cause of death be accurately determined. An alternative end point, all-cause mortality, requires only that the death and the date be accurately ascertained. Black et al. (p. 167) compared disease-specific and all-cause mortality in 12 published randomized trials of cancer screening with information on both end points. They found major inconsistencies in the results for these end points in seven of the 12
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