Estimating the prevalence of cancer in the United States

Cancer

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 136-141

  Polednak, Anthony P ^a  

^a Connecticut Dept of Public Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Breast carcinoma; Cancer prevalence; Cancer survivors; Lung carcinoma; Prostate carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INVASION; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONNECTICUT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; SEER PROGRAM; SEX FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030913093     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19970701)80:1<136::AID-CNCR18>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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