The Will Rogers phenomenon. Stage migration and new diagnostic techniques as a source of misleading statistics for survival in cancer¶

Feinstein, A. R., Sosin, D. M., & Wells, C. K. (1985). The Will Rogers phenomenon. Stage migration and new diagnostic techniques as a source of misleading statistics for survival in cancer. New England Journal of Medicine.

Type: Journal article
Intellectual base: Primary research
Year: 1985
DOI: 10.1056/nejm198506203122504
DOI registrant: Massachusetts Medical Society
Link: https://doi.org/10.1056/nejm198506203122504

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- The Will Rogers phenomenon in cancer staging, named by Alvan Feinstein and colleagues (New England Journal of Medicine, 1985)
  
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