A comparison of national cancer registry and direct follow-up in the ascertainment of ovarian cancer

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 80, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 1826-1827

  MacDonald, N ^a   Sibley, K ^a   Rosenthal, A ^a   Menon, U ^a   Jeyarajah, A ^a   Oram, D ^a   Jacobs, I ^a  

^a ST BARTHOLOMEW S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer registry; Follow up studies; Ovarian cancer

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER REGISTRY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UTERINE TUBE TUMOR;

COHORT STUDIES; FALLOPIAN TUBE NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; POSTMENOPAUSE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REGISTRIES; STATE MEDICINE;

EID: 0032806046     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6690605     Document Type: Article

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