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Exploring uncertainty in canine cancer data sources through dasymetric refinement

Exploring uncertainty in canine cancer data sources through dasymetric refinement
Exploring uncertainty in canine cancer data sources through dasymetric refinement

In spite of the potentially groundbreaking environmental sentinel applications, studies of canine cancer data sources are often limited due to undercounting of cancer cases. This source of uncertainty might be further amplified through the process of spatial data aggregation, manifested as part of the modifiable areal unit problem (MAUP). In this study, we explore potential explanatory factors for canine cancer incidence retrieved from the Swiss Canine Cancer Registry (SCCR) in a regression modeling framework. In doing so, we also evaluate differences in statistical performance and associations resulting from a dasymetric refinement of municipal units to their portion of residential land. Our findings document severe underascertainment of cancer cases in the SCCR, which we linked to specific demographic characteristics and reduced use of veterinary care. These explanatory factors result in improved statistical performance when computed using dasymetrically refined units. This suggests that dasymetric mapping should be further tested in geographic correlation studies of canine cancer incidence and in future comparative studies involving human cancers.

Cancer underascertainment, Canine cancer incidence, Dasymetric refinement, Geographic correlation studies, Spatial data aggregation
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Boo, Gianluca
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Boo, Gianluca, Leyk, Stefan, Fabrikant, Sara I., Graf, Ramona and Pospischil, Andreas (2019) Exploring uncertainty in canine cancer data sources through dasymetric refinement. Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 6 (FEB), 45, [45]. (doi:10.3389/fvets.2019.00045).

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Abstract

In spite of the potentially groundbreaking environmental sentinel applications, studies of canine cancer data sources are often limited due to undercounting of cancer cases. This source of uncertainty might be further amplified through the process of spatial data aggregation, manifested as part of the modifiable areal unit problem (MAUP). In this study, we explore potential explanatory factors for canine cancer incidence retrieved from the Swiss Canine Cancer Registry (SCCR) in a regression modeling framework. In doing so, we also evaluate differences in statistical performance and associations resulting from a dasymetric refinement of municipal units to their portion of residential land. Our findings document severe underascertainment of cancer cases in the SCCR, which we linked to specific demographic characteristics and reduced use of veterinary care. These explanatory factors result in improved statistical performance when computed using dasymetrically refined units. This suggests that dasymetric mapping should be further tested in geographic correlation studies of canine cancer incidence and in future comparative studies involving human cancers.

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Accepted/In Press date: 4 February 2019
Published date: 26 February 2019
Keywords: Cancer underascertainment, Canine cancer incidence, Dasymetric refinement, Geographic correlation studies, Spatial data aggregation

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Local EPrints ID: 429095
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/429095
PURE UUID: 28ce5ad8-647b-488b-835d-3ccfe00efb11
ORCID for Gianluca Boo: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-4078-8221

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Date deposited: 21 Mar 2019 17:30
Last modified: 01 Aug 2024 01:56

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Author: Gianluca Boo ORCID iD
Author: Stefan Leyk
Author: Sara I. Fabrikant
Author: Ramona Graf
Author: Andreas Pospischil

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