Late mortality of long-term survivors of childhood cancer

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 1997, Pages 2205-2213

  Hudson, Melissa M ^a   Jones, Dana ^a   Boyett, James ^a   Sharp, Gerald B ^a   Pui, Ching Hon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; DATA ANALYSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT CANCER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT PLANNING; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0031004063     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.1997.15.6.2205     Document Type: Article

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