Cancer survival in Kampala, Uganda

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 92, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1808-1812

  Gondos, A ^a   Brenner, H ^a   Wabinga, H ^b   Parkin, D M ^c  

^a GERMAN CENTRE FOR RESEARCH ON AGEING   (Germany)

^b MAKERERE UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^c INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

Author keywords

Africa; Cancer survival; Population based survival; Uganda

Indexed keywords

AFRICA; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER STATISTICS; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CANCER; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROSTATE CANCER; STOMACH CANCER; THYROID CANCER; UGANDA; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGED; CHILD; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UGANDA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 14944361229     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6602540     Document Type: Article

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