Relative survival of cancer patients: A comparison between Denmark and the other Nordic countries

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 49-59

  Engeland, Anders ^a,j   Haldorsen, Tor ^a   Dickman, Paul W ^b,c   Hakulinen, Timo ^d,e   Möller, Torgil R ^f   Storm, Hans H ^g   Tulinius, Hrafn ^h,i  

^a CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

^d FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^f Swedish Cancer Registry   (Sweden)

^g INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^h ICELANDIC CANCER REGISTRY   (Iceland)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^j NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; DENMARK; FINLAND; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; ICELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE CANCER; RECTUM CANCER; STOMACH CANCER; SWEDEN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES; DENMARK; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; NORWAY; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0031942698     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/028418698423177     Document Type: Article

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