Validation of Self-Reported Cancer Incidence at Follow-up in a Prospective Cohort Study

Received 2 March 2009; accepted 26 April 2009.

Key Words: Cancer incidence, Cohort follow-up, Self-report

Selected Abbreviations and Acronyms: PPV, positive predictive value

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a Department of Preventive Medicine, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Seoul, Korea

b Division of Epidemiology & Health Index, Center for Genome Science, Korea Center for Disease Control & Prevention, Seoul, Korea

c Cancer Epidemiology Branch, National Cancer Center, Goyang-si, Korea

d Department of Preventive Medicine, Konkuk University School of Medicine, Chungju, Korea

e Cancer Research Institute, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

f Institute of Health Policy and Management, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea

Address correspondence to: Sue K. Park, Seoul National University College of Medicine, Department of Preventive Medicine, 28 Yeongeon-Dong, Jongno-Gu, Seoul 110-799, Korea. Tel.: +82-2-740-8338; Fax: +82-2-747-4830.

This work was supported by the National Research and Development Program for Cancer Control, Ministry of Health & Welfare, Republic of Korea (grant number 0220180-3) and the Center for Genome Science, Korea, National Institute of Health (research contract 2007-E00004-00).

PII: S1047-2797(09)00140-9

doi:10.1016/j.annepidem.2009.04.011

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