Improved survival in cervical cancer cases in a rural Indian population

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 74, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 285-287

  Jayant, K ^a   Rao, R S ^b   Nene, B M ^a   Dale, P S ^a   Nandakumar, A ^c  

^a Nargis Dutt Memorial Cancer Hospital   (India)

^b TATA MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (India)

^c INDIAN COUNCIL OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Cancer of the cervix; Survival

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RURAL POPULATION; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 0030056552     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1996.353     Document Type: Article

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