Patients with previous cancer should not be excluded in international comparative cancer survival studies

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 121, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 2274-2278

  Brenner, Hermann ^a   Hakulinen, Timo ^b  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cancer registries; International comparisons; Prognosis; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FINLAND; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RESEARCH SUBJECT; SAMPLING; SECOND CANCER; STATISTICAL PARAMETERS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 35348896098     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.22932     Document Type: Article

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