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Main nutrient patterns and colorectal cancer risk in the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition study

Background: Much of the current literature on diet–colorectal cancer (CRC) associations focused on studies of single foods/nutrients, whereas less is known about nutrient patterns. We investigated the association between major nutrient patterns and CRC risk in participants of the European Prospective Investigation into Cancer and Nutrition (EPIC) study. Methods: Among 477 312 participants, intakes of 23…

Análisis de las buenas prácticas de participación ciudadana en las unidades de gestión clínica del Servicio Andaluz de Salud

Artículo de la SemanaPor mcjunco 19/10/2016

A method for sensitivity analysis to assess the effects of measurement error in multiple exposure variables using external validation data

Artículos CientíficosPor chigueras 17/10/2016

Background: Measurement error in self-reported dietary intakes is known to bias the association between dietary intake and a health outcome of interest such as risk of a disease. The association can be distorted further by mismeasured confounders, leading to invalid results and conclusions. It is, however, difficult to adjust for the bias in the association when there is…

Boletín ESCUELA DE PACIENTES número 8

PacientesPor mcjunco 14/10/2016

Data quality in rare cancers registration: the report of the RARECARE data quality study

Artículos CientíficosPor chigueras 14/10/2016

Purpose Rare cancers represent 22% of all tumors in Europe; however, the quality of the data of rare cancers may not be as good as the quality of data for common cancer. The project surveillance of rare cancers in Europe (RARECARE) had, among others, the objective of assessing rare cancer data quality in population-based cancer…