The forest and the trees: The human costs of cancel

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 2-3

  Kessler, Larry G ^a   Ramsey, Scott D ^b  

^a CENTER FOR DEVICES AND RADIOLOGICAL HEALTH   (United States)

^b USA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CENTER; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER THERAPY; COLORECTAL CANCER; EDITORIAL; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH CARE MANAGEMENT; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH SERVICE; HOSPITAL COST; MELANOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; UTERUS CANCER; AGED; COST OF ILLNESS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ECONOMICS; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; NEOPLASM; NOTE; PATIENT; PRIMARY PREVENTION; STATISTICS; TIME; UNITED STATES;

AGED; COST OF ILLNESS; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; PATIENTS; PRIMARY PREVENTION; RESEARCH DESIGN; TIME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33846956479     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: 14602105     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/djk013     Document Type: Editorial

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