Relative survival of patients with prostate cancer as a first or subsequent tumor - A Nordic collaborative study

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 13, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 797-806

  Heinävaara, Sirpa ^a   Sankila, Risto ^a   Storm, Hans ^b   Langmark, Frøydis ^c   Hakulinen, Timo ^a,d  

^a FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

^b Danish Cancer Registry ^*  (Denmark)

^c CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Multiple primary cancers; Prostate cancer; Relative survival; Statistical adjustment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GEOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MODEL; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE CANCER; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; SCANDINAVIA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0036844098     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1020662916133     Document Type: Article

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