Cancer statistics: Everything you wanted to know about the cancer registry data but were too afraid to ask

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 74, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 931-934

  Giles, Graham G ^a   Thursfield, Vicky ^a  

^a CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cancer; Incidence; Population registers; Prevalence; Survival

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE; REGISTER; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE;

AUSTRALIA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; NEOPLASMS; NEW ZEALAND; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 16644372171     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-1433.2004.03163.x     Document Type: Review

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