Late deaths among five-year survivors of childhood cancer. A population-based study in Piedmont Region, Italy

Haematologica

Volumn 91, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1084-1091

  Dama, Elisa ^a,c   Pastore, Guido ^a,b   Mosso, Maria Luisa ^a   Ferrante, Daniela ^b   Maule, Milena Maria ^a   Magnani, Corrado ^a,b   Merletti, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^c Childhood Cancer Registry of Piedmont   (Italy)

Author keywords

Causes of death; Childhood neoplasms; Late deaths; Opulation based studies

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER GROWTH; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CAUSE OF DEATH; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEART DISEASE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; ONSET AGE; POPULATION BASED CASE CONTROL STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

CHILD; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ITALY; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 33746987554     PISSN: 03906078     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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