Stage at diagnosis is a key explanation of differences in breast cancer survival across Europe

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 416-422

  Sant, Milena ^a   Allemani, Claudia ^a   Capocaccia, Riccardo ^b   Hakulinen, Timo ^c   Aareleid, Tiiu ^d   Coebergh, Jan Willem ^e   Coleman, Michel P ^f   Grosclaude, Pascale ^g   Martinez, Carmen ^h   Bell, Janine ⁱ   Youngson, Judith ^j   Berrino, Franco ^a   Kupp, A ^k   Hedelin, G ^k   Chaplain, G ^k   Exbrayat, C ^k   Tretarre, B ^k   Mace Lesech, J ^k   Danzon, A ^k   Mercier, M ^k   Raverdy, N ^k   Artioli, E ^k   Federico, M ^k   Barchielli, A ^k   Paci, E ^k   Gatta, G ^k   Crosignani, P ^k   Speciale, D ^k   Ruzza, M R ^k   Frassoldi, E ^k   Verdecchia, A ^b   Gafa, L ^k   Tumino, R ^k   La Rosa, M ^k   Voogd, A ^k   Williams, E M I ^k   more..

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

^d Institute of Experimental and Clinical Medicine Tallinn   (Estonia)

^e The Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^f LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^g Registre des Cancers du Tarn   (France)

^h ANDALUSIAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Spain)

ⁱ Thames Cancer Registry   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^k Istituto Superiore di Sanità ^*

more..

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Care; Europe; Population registries; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST SURGERY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METASTASIS; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0038505539     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.11226     Document Type: Article

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