Trends in cancer patient survival in Estonia before and after the transition from a Soviet republic to an open-market economy

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 45-50

  Aareleid, Tiiu ^a   Brenner, Hermann ^b  

^a North Estonian Regional Hospital   (Estonia)

^b GERMAN CENTRE FOR RESEARCH ON AGEING   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cancer registry; Prognosis; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ESTONIA; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STOMACH CANCER; SURVIVAL RATE; URINARY TRACT CANCER; USSR;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ESTONIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; POLITICAL SYSTEMS; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL RATE; USSR;

EID: 0036837252     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.10663     Document Type: Article

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