Time trends of breast cancer survival in Europe in relation to incidence and mortality

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 119, Issue 10, 2006, Pages 2417-2422

  Sant, Milena ^a   Francisci, Silvia ^b   Capocaccia, Riccardo ^b   Verdecchia, Arduino ^b   Allemani, Claudia ^a   Berrino, Franco ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

Breast cancer; Incidence; Mortality; Population registries; Survival; Time trends

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; DENMARK; ESTONIA; EUROPE; FEMALE; FINLAND; FRANCE; HUMAN; INFANT; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPAIN; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 33749616627     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.22160     Document Type: Article

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