Survival of cervix cancer patients in Harare, Zimbabwe, 1995-1997

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 109, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 274-277

  Chokunonga, Eric ^a   Ramanakumar, Agnihotram V ^b   Nyakabau, Anna M ^c   Borok, Margaret Z ^a   Chirenje, Z Michael ^d   Sankila, Risto ^e   Parkin, D Maxwell ^b  

^a Zimbabwe National Cancer Registry   (Zimbabwe)

^b INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^c Andrew Fleming Hospital   (Zimbabwe)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^e FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Africa; Cervix; Control; Developing countries; Observed survival; Radiotherapy; Relative survival; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; METASTASIS; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL RATE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR; ZIMBABWE;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 1242274487     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.11670     Document Type: Article

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