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Lead time bias in estimating survival outcomes
  1. Antonio Facciorusso1,
  2. Jose Ferrusquía2,
  3. Nicola Muscatiello1
  1. 1 Gastroenterology Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy
  2. 2 Gastroenterology and Hepatology Department, Central University Hospital of Asturias, Oviedo, Spain
  1. Correspondence to Dr Antonio Facciorusso, Gastroenterology Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, University of Foggia, AOU Ospedali Riuniti, Viale Pinto, 1, Foggia 71100, Italy; antonio.facciorusso{at}virgilio.it

https://doi.org/10.1136/gutjnl-2015-310199

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    • Contributors AF is the guarantor of this article. AF and JF wrote the letter. NM revised the manuscript. All the authors approved the final draft submitted.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; internally peer reviewed.