Matters of data openness and KapWeb, a web tool of multi-cancer survival analysis for cancer survivors.

Authors :: Lin J
Nakamura Y
Mikami H
Kusakabe M
Saruki N
Wakao F
Nagase H
Source :: Cancer science [Cancer Sci] 2021 May; Vol. 112 (5), pp. 2060-2062. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Mar 10.
Publication Year :: 2021
Abstract: KapWeb is an interactive tool for the determination of cancer survival rates based on case outcomes compiled from more than half a million records from cancer registries all over Japan, and we believe that both the tool and the call for data openness and transparency are important.<br /> (© 2021 The Authors. Cancer Science published by John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd on behalf of Japanese Cancer Association.)

Subjects :: Humans
Incidence
Japan epidemiology
Life Expectancy
Neoplasms epidemiology
Probability
Survival Rate
Time Factors
Cancer Survivors statistics & numerical data
Databases, Factual statistics & numerical data
Neoplasms mortality
Registries statistics & numerical data

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