Population-based survival for cervical cancer in Singapore, 1968-1992

American Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Volumn 188, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 324-329

  Wang, Hao ^a   Chia, Kee Seng ^a   Du, Wen Bo ^a   Lee, Jeannette ^a   Sankaranarayanan, Rengaswamy ^b   Sankila, Risto ^b   Sng, Ivy ^b   Seow, Adeline ^a   Lee, Hin Peng ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Developing country; Population based cancer registry; Relative survival; Survival trends

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOLOGY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGAPORE; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

EID: 0037325113     PISSN: 00029378     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mob.2003.89     Document Type: Article

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