Population-based survival after childhood lymphoblastic leukaemia in time periods corresponding to specific clinical trials from 1979 to 1998 - A report from the Childhood Cancer Registry of Piedmont (Italy)

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 39, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 952-960

  Pastore, G ^a,b   Viscomi, S ^a   Gerov, G L ^c   Terracini, B ^a   Madon, E ^d   Magnani, C ^a,e  

^a MOLINETTE HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^b SANT'ANDREA HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF PLOVDIV   (Bulgaria)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia; Clinical studies; Epidemiology; Italy; Population based studies; Prognosis; Survival

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; IMMUNOPHENOTYPING; LEUKOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037403812     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(03)00064-9     Document Type: Article

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