Cancer incidence rate and mortality rate in sickle cell disease patients at Howard University Hospital: 1986-1995

American Journal of Hematology

Volumn 55, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 188-192

  Dawkins, Fitzroy W ^a,e   Kim, Kyung Sook ^b   Squires, Richard S ^d   Chisholm, Reginald ^a   Kark, John A ^a   Perlin, Elliott ^a   Castro, Oswaldo ^c  

^a HOWARD UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b HOWARD UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c HOWARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d WASHINGTON HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^e HOWARD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer incidence rate; Mortality rate; Sickle cell disease

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SICKLE CELL ANEMIA; STOMACH CANCER; TESTIS CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA, SICKLE CELL; DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 1842296998     PISSN: 03618609     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-8652(199707)55:4<188::AID-AJH4>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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