Colorectal, lung, and breast cancer care during the three years following the diagnosis: A population-based study

Tumori

Volumn 82, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 210-214

  Geddes, Marco ^a,d   Carli, Simona ^a   Ercolanelli, Massimo ^a   Forno, Gilberto ^b   Capelli, Marco ^b   Barchielli, Alessandro ^c  

^a National Cancer Institute Genoa   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^c Epidemiology Unit   (Italy)

^d Unit of Epidemiology   (Italy)

Author keywords

care; costs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURGERY; COLORECTAL CANCER; HEALTH CARE; HEALTH CARE COST; HOSPITALIZATION; LUNG CANCER;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; LENGTH OF STAY; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE;

EID: 0030013482     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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