Life expectancy as an indicator of outcome in follow-up of population-based cancer registries: The example of childhood leukemia

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 167-171

  Viscomi, S ^a,b   Pastore, G ^a,c   Dama, E ^a   Zuccolo, L ^a   Pearce, N ^a,d   Merletti, Franco ^a   Magnani, C ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^d MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Acute lymphoblastic leukemia; Childhood neoplasm; Gompertz model; Life expectancy; Survival

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LIFE EXPECTANCY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 29844435772     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdj050     Document Type: Article

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