Variation in survival of children with cancer within a region of the United Kingdom

Cancer

Volumn 77, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 785-790

  Foreman, Nicholas K ^a,b   Thorne, Robert N ^a   Mott, Martin G ^a  

^a BRISTOL ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^b CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

CNS tumors; hospital size; survival; trials; variation

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIALS; DEMOGRAPHY; ENGLAND; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA; NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0030038189     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19960215)77:4<785::AID-CNCR26>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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