Clinical epidemiology of childhood cancer in Central America and Caribbean countries

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 680-685

  Valsecchi, M G ^a   Tognoni, G ^b   Bonilla, M ^c   Moreno, N ^c   Baez, F ^d   Pacheco, C ^d   Hernandez, A P ^e   Antillon Klussman, F ^f   Machin, S ^g   Cabanas, R ^h   Navarrete, M ⁱ   Nieves, R ^j   De Lorenzo, P ^a   Masera, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILANO BICOCCA   (Italy)

^b Consorzio Mario Negri Sud ^*  (Italy)

^c Depto Hematol/Oncol Pediat Ninos   (El Salvador)

^d Hospital Infantil la Mascota   (Nicaragua)

^e Hospital Escuela   (Honduras)

^f Unidad National Oncologia Pediatrica   (Guatemala)

^g INSTITUTO DE HEMATOLOGÍA E INMUNOLOGÍA   (Cuba)

^h Hospital Pediatrico Docente Juan Manuel Marquez   (Cuba)

ⁱ Hospital National de Niños   (Costa Rica)

^j School of Medicine   (Dominican Republic)

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Author keywords

Clinical epidemiology; Countries with limited resources; Pediatric oncology; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; COSTA RICA; CUBA; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH SURVEY; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; NICARAGUA; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOLID TUMOR; SURVIVAL TIME;

CARIBBEAN REGION; CENTRAL AMERICA; CHILD; HUMANS; LEUKEMIA, LYMPHOCYTIC, ACUTE; LEUKEMIA, MYELOCYTIC, ACUTE; NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 2342423475     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdh148     Document Type: Article

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