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21 - 25
JUNE 2010
London School of
Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
in collaboration with the UK Association of Cancer Registries
Course organisers: Professor
Michel Coleman and Dr
Bernard Rachet
Course administrator: Ms Yuki Alencar
THE COURSE
A highly experienced faculty will present a stimulating and intensive
one-week course on the principles, methods and applications of cancer
survival with population-based data, using lectures, computer-based
analytic exercises with real data, review sessions and a session for
participants to present their own work or ideas. Relative survival will
be the main approach to analysis, with discussion of some recent methodological
developments and results.
The methodological concepts of cancer survival will be illustrated
by public health and policy applications throughout the week. Results
from recent survival studies will be presented and their interpretation
discussed.
The aims of the course are:
- to teach the main statistical methods for population-based cancer
survival analysis
- to discuss the main controversies in estimation and interpretation
of cancer survival statistics
- to provide students with an intensive learning environment in which
most faculty members will attend all sessions of the course, not just
their own
- to provide opportunities for computer-based practical analysis of
real cancer data
Methods covered include:
- population measures of cancer burden (incidence, prevalence, mortality,
survival)
- crude, net and relative survival and excess mortality hazard
- construction of abridged and complete life tables
- relative survival analysis, including cohort, complete, period and
hybrid approaches
- multi-adjustment of cancer survival for age, stage and other factors
- impact of data quality, completeness, stage migration, screening and
lead-time bias
- methods of handling missing data in cancer survival analysis
- avoidable deaths and statistical "cure"
- multi-variable modelling relative survival and comparison with Cox
and Poisson approaches
- flexible models for time-dependent excess hazards
The teaching faculty will include Dr Paul Dickman (Karolinska Institute,
Stockholm, Sweden), Dr Claudia Allemani (Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori,
Milan, Italy), Dr Maria Paula Curado (International Agency for Research
on Cancer, Lyon, France) and researchers in the Cancer Research UK Cancer
Survival Group at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.
COURSE ORGANISERS
Professor Michel Coleman and Dr Bernard Rachet
WHO SHOULD APPLY?
Epidemiologists, statisticians, physicians and oncologists, public health
specialists and others with a direct interest in applied cancer survival
analysis, and particularly those working in a cancer registry.
ENTRY CRITERIA
Applicants must have a basic understanding of cancer survival analysis,
since this course will include discussion of advanced statistical methods
and practical computing, in addition to discussion of the public health
applications of cancer survival data. We do not insist that participants
have a qualification in statistics, but some experience is essential
in order to take full advantage of the statistical components of the
course. All practical sessions will use STATA, therefore experience
with Stata software would be an advantage. The applied public health
elements of the course will be accessible and relevant to all groups.
COURSE CERTIFICATE
AND ASSESSMENT
Each participant will receive a certificate of attendance. There is
no formal examination.
COURSE FEE
The fee for the whole week is £960 which includes course
materials, lunch on the first and last days and tea/coffee at each break.
This fee does not include travel or accommodation. The course is for
a whole week; daily rates are not available.
Discounted fees are available as follows:
- Staff employed by UKACR-member cancer registries are entitled to a
20% reduction at £770; to qualify for this discount you
must submit with your application a supporting letter from your registry
director confirming your status.
- Participants based in low-, lower-middle and upper-middle income countries
are entitled to a special discounted fee of £500. Appropriate
supporting documentation must be submitted in order to confirm eligibility.
A list of eligible countries can be found here.
A formal letter confirming sponsorship or the course fee (paid in full)
must be received by 5 June 2010.
TRAVEL AND ACCOMMODATION
The School cannot organise travel or provide accommodation for participants.
A list of hotels and other accommodation in the vicinity of the School
can be provided on request to Registry.
SPONSORSHIP AND
FUNDING
We are seeking funding to enable us to offer fellowships to participants
who are based in developing countries, but the availability of fellowships
through the London School cannot be guaranteed.
If you are independently seeking sponsorship please look at the websites
for Cancer Research UK, The
Royal Society, The
Wellcome Trust, The British Academy
or the British
Council.
You are also encouraged to apply for a place on the course as early
as possible. For those that have been accepted on the course, confirmation
of acceptance can be supplied. Further enquiries should be made to the
course administrator.
ACCREDITATION
The Royal College of Physicians have awarded 30 Continuing Professional
Development (CPD) credits for this course. These credits will appear
on the certificate of attendance.
FURTHER INFORMATION
For further information please e-mail survival@lshtm.ac.uk
An application form can be downloaded from the links below and submitted
by e-mail to the short courses administrator in the Registry (shortcourses@lshtm.ac.uk):
2010 application form (pdf)
2010 application form (Word)
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