Advanced detection of time trends in long-term cancer patient survival: Experience from 50 years of cancer registration in Finland

American Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 156, Issue 6, 2002, Pages 566-577

  Brenner, Hermann ^a   Hakulinen, Timo ^b,c  

^a GERMAN CENTRE FOR RESEARCH ON AGEING   (Germany)

^b FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Neoplasms; Prognosis; Registries; Survival

Indexed keywords

CANCER; HEALTH MONITORING; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL;

ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; DATABASES, FACTUAL; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

FINLAND;

EID: 0037105572     PISSN: 00029262     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/aje/kwf071     Document Type: Article

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