The detection rate for mesothelioma was assessed by comparing death certificate information with a register of mesothelioma patients. 75% of known cases were detected in routine practice.
Evidence from:
DR Camidge et al. British Journal of Cancer. (2006) Vol.95 p 649 – 652.
“Factors affecting the mesothelioma detection rate within national and international epidemiological studies: insights from Scottish linked cancer registry-mortality data”
Where mesothelioma was not the primary cause of death there is a good chance that the person concerned, and their relatives, would not know they had the disease.
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