What can we learn from geographical comparisons of childhood cancer survival?

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 96, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1493-1497

  Pritchard Jones, K ^a   Stiller, C ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer registries; International comparisons; Paediatric cancer; Population based

Indexed keywords

CANCER CENTER; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILDHOOD CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; MEDULLOBLASTOMA; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NEUROBLASTOMA; OSTEOSARCOMA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; UNITED KINGDOM;

CHILD; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INTERNATIONALITY; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 34248573043     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6603749     Document Type: Review

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