Colorectal cancer survival in the Nordic countries and the United Kingdom: Excess mortality risk analysis of 5 year relative period survival in the period 1999 to 2000

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 121, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1115-1122

  Engholm, Gerda ^a   Kejs, Anne Mette T ^a   Brewster, David H ^b   Gaard, Maria ^c   Holmberg, Lars ^d   Hartley, Roger ^e   Iddenden, Robert ^e   Møller, Henrik ^f   Sankila, Risto ^g   Thomson, Catherine S ^h   Storm, Hans H ^a  

^a DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^b Scottish Cancer Registry   (United Kingdom)

^c CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^e North Western Cancer Registry   (United Kingdom)

^f KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^g FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

^h UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer registry; Colorectal cancer; Excess mortality risk; Period survival; Relative survival

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMORBIDITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DENMARK; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MALE; NORWAY; PATIENT INFORMATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL MODEL; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SCANDINAVIA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 34547107603     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.22737     Document Type: Article

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