A wide difference in cancer survival between middle aged and elderly patients in Europe

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 120, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2196-2201

  Quaglia, Alberto ^a   Capocaccia, Riccardo ^b   Micheli, Andrea ^c   Carrani, Eugenio ^b   Vercelli, Marina ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer; Conditional and cumulative relative survival; Elderly; Health care inequalities

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GERIATRIC PATIENT; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; UROGENITAL TRACT CANCER;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; EFFECT MODIFIERS (EPIDEMIOLOGY); EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 34147129028     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.22515     Document Type: Article

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