Fever of unknown origin and cancer: A population-based study

Lancet Oncology

Volumn 6, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 851-855

  Sørensen, Henrik Toft ^a   Mellemkjær, Lene ^b   Skriver, Mette Vinther ^a   Johnsen, Søren P ^a   Nørgård, Bente ^a   Olsen, Jørgen H ^b   Baron, John A ^c  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^c DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TUMOR MARKER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAIN CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LIVER CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; METASTASIS; OCCULT CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYREXIA IDIOPATHICA; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENMARK; FEMALE; FEVER OF UNKNOWN ORIGIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; TUMOR MARKERS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 27744545152     PISSN: 14702045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(05)70346-6     Document Type: Article

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