Cancer undefeated

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 336, Issue 22, 1997, Pages 1569-1574

  Bailar III, John C ^a   Gornik, Heather L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0030976173     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM199705293362206     Document Type: Article

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