Estimates of the world-wide prevalence of cancer for 25 sites in the adult population

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 72-81

  Bordonaro, Michael ^a,c   Lazarova, Darina L ^a   Augenlicht, Leonard H ^b   Sartorelli, Alan C ^a  

^a YALE CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Developing countries; Health care facilities; Neoplasms; Prevalence; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EASTERN EUROPE; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; JAPAN; LIVER CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH AMERICA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CANCER; WESTERN EUROPE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0036132096     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.1571     Document Type: Article

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