Variation in relative survival of thyroid cancers in Europe: Results from the analysis on 21 countries over the period 1983-1994 (EUROCARE-3 study)

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 42, Issue 15, 2006, Pages 2598-2608

  Colonna, Marc ^a   Grande, Enrico ^b   Jónasson, Jón G ^c,d   EUROCARE Working Group, ^a  

^a Isère Cancer Registry ^*

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c ICELANDIC CANCER REGISTRY   (Iceland)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

European countries; Histology; Relative survival; Thyroid cancer

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; DATA BASE; DISEASE CLASSIFICATION; EASTERN EUROPE; EUROPE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANDINAVIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; THYROID CANCER; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REFERENCE VALUES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; THYROID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33749149458     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2006.04.026     Document Type: Article

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