Statistical projection methods for lung cancer incidence and mortality: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To identify and summarise all studies using statistical methods to project lung cancer incidence or mortality rates more than 5 years into the future.

Study type

Systematic review.

Methods

We performed a systematic literature search in multiple electronic databases to identify studies published from 1 January 1988 to 14 August 2018, which used statistical methods to project lung cancer incidence and/or mortality rates. Reference lists of relevant articles were checked for additional potentially relevant articles. We developed an organisational framework to classify methods into groups according to the type of data and the statistical models used. Included studies were critically appraised using prespecified criteria.

Results

One hundred and one studi

SUBMITTER: Yu XQ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6720154 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature