Variation in survival of patients with lung cancer in Europe, 1985-1989

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 34, Issue 14, 1998, Pages 2191-2196

  Janssen Heijnen, M L G ^a   Gatta, G ^b,q   Forman, D ^c,ap   Capocaccia, R ^d   Coebergh, J W W ^a,a,e   Oberaigner, W ^f   Storm, H ^g   Aareleid, T ^h   Hakulinen, T ⁱ   Mace Lesec'H, J ^j   Arveux, P ^k   Esteve J ^l   Raverdy, N ^m   Ziegler, H ⁿ   Tryggvadottir, L ^o   Tulinius, H ^o   Berrino, F ^p   Crosignani, P ^q   Micheli, A ^q   Sant, M ^q   Conti, E ^r   Vercelli, M ^s   Federico, M ^t   Mangone, L ^t   De Lisi, V ^u   Zanetti, R ^v   Gafa L ^w   Tumino, R ^w   Falcini, F ^x   Barchielli, A ^y   De Angelis, G ^d   Valente, F ^d   Verdecchia, A ^d   Pawlega, J ^z   Rachtan, J ^z   Bielska Lasota, M ^aa   Wronkowski, Z ^aa   Obsitnikova, A ^ab   Plesko, I ^ab   Pompe Kirn, V ^ac   Izarzugaza, I ^ad   Martinez Garcia, C ^ae   Garau, I ^af   Ardanaz, E ^ag   Moreno, C ^ag   Galceran, J ^ah   Moller T ^ai   Torhorst, J ^aj   Bouchardy, C ^ak   Raymond, L ^ak   Gould, A ^al   Black, R J ^al   Davies, T W ^am   Stockton, D ^am   Coleman, M P ^an   Williams, E M I ^ao   Littler, J ^ao   Quinn, M J ^aq   Roche, M ^ar   Smith, J ^as   Bell, J ^at   Lawrence, G ^au   more..

^a Eindhoven Cancer Registry   (Netherlands)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^d ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^e ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^f Tumor Registry Tirol   (Austria)

^g DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^h Estonian Cancer Registry   (Estonia)

ⁱ FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

^j Calvados General Cancer Registry   (France)

^k Doubs Cancer Registry   (France)

^l INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^m Somme Cancer Registry   (France)

ⁿ SAARLAND CANCER REGISTRY   (Germany)

^o ICELANDIC CANCER REGISTRY   (Iceland)

^p Project Leader   (Italy)

^q Lombardy Cancer Registry   (Italy)

^r Latina Cancer Registry   (Italy)

^s Liguria Cancer Registry   (Italy)

^t MODENA CANCER REGISTRY   (Italy)

^u PARMA CANCER REGISTRY   (Italy)

^v Piedmont Cancer Registry   (Italy)

^w Ragusa Cancer Registry   (Italy)

^x Romagna Cancer Institute   (Italy)

^y Tuscan Cancer Registry   (Italy)

^z Cracow Cancer Registry   (Poland)

^aa INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

^ab National Cancer Registry of   (Slovakia)

^ac INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^ad Basque Country Cancer Registry   (Spain)

^ae Granada Cancer Registry   (Spain)

^af Mallorca Cancer Registry   (Spain)

^ag Navarra Cancer Registry   (Spain)

^ah Tarragona Cancer Registry   (Spain)

^ai Southern Swedish Regional Tumour Registry   (Sweden)

^aj Cancer Registry of Basel   (Switzerland)

^ak GENEVA CANCER REGISTRY   (Switzerland)

^al Scottish Cancer Registry   (United Kingdom)

^am East Anglian Cancer Registry   (United Kingdom)

^an LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^ao Merseyside and Cheshire Cancer Registry   (United Kingdom)

^ap Information Service   (United Kingdom)

^aq OYce for National Statistics   (United Kingdom)

^ar UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^as Cancer Intelligence Unit   (United Kingdom)

^at Thames Cancer Registry   (United Kingdom)

^au W Midlands Cancer Intelligence Unit   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Europe; Histology; Lung cancer; Survival; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURVIVAL; DISEASE COURSE; EUROPE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG CANCER; LUNG SMALL CELL CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032430677     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(98)00312-8     Document Type: Article

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