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Length-time Bias

Length-Time Bias is a systematic distortion in screening evaluation whereby slower-progressing, indolent cases of disease are more likely to be detected than rapidly progressing cases, leading to an overestimation of survival duration among screened populations.

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2017–2026

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A Reevaluation of the Duration of Survival after the Onset of Dementia

Christina Wolfson, David B. Wolfson, Masoud Asgharian et al. · New England Journal of Medicine · 2001 · 555 citations · Full text

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Basic Issues in Population Screening for Cancer<xref ref-type="fn" rid="FN2">2</xref><xref ref-type="fn" rid="FN3">3</xref>

Philip Cole, Alan S. Morrison · JNCI Journal of the National Cancer Institute · 1980 · 321 citations

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Survival Experience in The Breast Cancer Detection Demonstration Project

Herbert Seidman, Steven K. Gelb, E. Silverberg et al. · CA A Cancer Journal for Clinicians · 1987 · 306 citations · Full text

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Correcting for Lead Time and Length Bias in Estimating the Effect of Screen Detection on Cancer Survival

Stephen W. Duffy, Irıs D. Nagtegaal, Matthew Wallis et al. · American Journal of Epidemiology · 2008 · 286 citations · Full text

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The relationship between track shortening and fission track age reduction in apatite: combined influences of inherent instability, annealing anisotropy, length bias and system calibration

P.F. Green · Earth and Planetary Science Letters · 1988 · 228 citations

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Authors

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  1. MA
    Masoud Asgharian

    McGill University, Canada

    3 publications · 616 citations

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  2. JQ
    Jing Qin

    National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, United States

    2 publications · 61 citations

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  3. NH
    Nehmat Houssami

    The University of Sydney, Australia

    2 publications · 342 citations

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  4. GL
    Gill Lawrence

    University of Birmingham, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 342 citations

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  5. JW
    Jane Warwick

    Cancer Research UK, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 342 citations

    2

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Institutions

68

  1. Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    65 citations

  2. University of Birmingham

    Birmingham, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    8 publications

    1.4K citations

  3. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    353 citations

  4. Cancer Research UK

    London, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    10 publications

    1.5K citations

  5. The University of Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    342 citations

  6. Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center

    New York, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    37 citations

  7. McGill University

    Montreal, Canada

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    565 citations

  8. The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center

    Houston, United States

    2 h-index

    5 publications

    80 citations

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  2. American Journal of Epidemiology

    AJE · 3 publications · 413 citations

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  3. American Journal of Roentgenology

    AJR · 2 publications · 109 citations

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  4. Statistics in Medicine

    2 publications · 27 citations

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  5. PubMed

    Repository · 2 publications · 45 citations

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