Estimated number of cases, regional distribution and survival of patients diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia between 1996 and 2000 in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

Leukemia and Lymphoma

Volumn 48, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 2381-2386

  Capra, Marcelo ^a,b   Vilella, Líbia ^b   Pereira, Waldir Veiga ^c   Coser, Virgínia Maria ^c   Fernandes, Mário Ségio ^d   Schilling, Marco Antônio ^e   Almeida, Denise ^e   Gross, Mauro ^f   Leite, Márcia ^g   Hellwig, Tânia ^h   Natchigal, Gilca ^h   Zelmanowicz, Alice ⁱ   Paskulin, Giorgio ⁱ   Neumann, Jorge ^j   Silla, Lúcia ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL NOSSA SENHORA DA CONCEIÇÃO   (Brazil)

^c FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

^d PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PASSO FUNDO   (Brazil)

^f Associacao Hospital de Caridade Ijui   (Brazil)

^g Hospital Universitário da Universidade Católica de Caxias do Sul   (Brazil)

^h FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF PELOTAS   (Brazil)

ⁱ UNIVERSIDADE LUTERANA DO BRASIL   (Brazil)

^j Lab of Transplant Immunol   (Brazil)

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Author keywords

Acute myeloid leukemia; Epidemiology; Survival

Indexed keywords

CYTARABINE; DAUNORUBICIN; IDARUBICIN;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; DRUG MEGADOSE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE CYCLE TREATMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKEMIA, MYELOID, ACUTE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 37149030594     PISSN: 10428194     EISSN: 10292403     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10428190701713622     Document Type: Article

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