Cancer in adolescents and young adults: Treatment and outcome in Victoria

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 180, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 59-62

  Mitchell, Anne E ^a   Scarcella, Deborah L ^a   Rigutto, Gemma L ^a   Thursfield, Vicky J ^b   Giles, Graham G ^b   Sexton, Maree ^c   Ashley, David M ^a  

^a ROYAL CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

^c PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MORBIDITY; ONCOLOGY; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PEDIATRICIAN; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TREATMENT PLANNING;

EID: 0842291825     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.2004.tb05799.x     Document Type: Article

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