Avoided deaths as an indicator of improvement of childhood cancer treatment

European Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 16, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 453-459

  Dama, Elisa ^a,c   Pastore, Guido ^a,b   Maule, Milena Maria ^a   Mosso, Maria Luisa ^a   Magnani, Corrado ^a,b   Merletti, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^c Childhood Cancer Registry of Piedmont   (Italy)

Author keywords

Avoided deaths; Childhood neoplasms; Population based cancer registries; Survival

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; HUMAN; ITALY; NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CHILD; HUMANS; ITALY; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 35148821007     PISSN: 09598278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.cej.0000243847.74609.7e     Document Type: Article

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