Long-term survival of cancer patients in Germany achieved by the beginning of the third millenium

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 981-986

  Brenner, H ^a   Stegmaier, C ^b   Ziegler, H ^b  

^a GERMAN CENTRE FOR RESEARCH ON AGEING   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND CANCER REGISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cancer registries; Period analysis; Prognosis; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STATISTICS; CANCER SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON CANCER; ENDOMETRIUM CANCER; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; GALLBLADDER CANCER; GERMANY; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LARYNX CANCER; LEUKEMIA; LIVER CANCER; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MELANOMA; MOUTH CANCER; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; OVARY CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RECTUM CANCER; STOMACH CANCER; SURVIVAL RATE; TESTIS CANCER; THYROID CANCER; URINARY TRACT CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERUS CANCER;

FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 21344469458     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdi186     Document Type: Article

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