Incidence and time trends of soft tissue sarcomas in German children 1985-2004 - A report from the population-based German Childhood Cancer Registry

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 432-440

  Weihkopf, Thomas ^a   Blettner, Maria ^a   Dantonello, Tobias ^b   Jung, Irene ^a   Klingebiel, Thomas ^c   Koscielniak, Ewa ^b,d   Lückel, Monika ^a   Spix, Claudia ^a   Kaatsch, Peter ^a  

^a German Childhood Cancer Registry (GCCR)   (Germany)

^b OLGAHOSPITAL   (Germany)

^c GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cancer registry; Childhood; Epidemiology; Incidence; Soft tissue sarcomas; Time trend

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER REGISTRY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; EUROPE; FEMALE; FIBROSARCOMA; GERMANY; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA;

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; FIBROSARCOMA; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SARCOMA; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 38749103531     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2007.11.013     Document Type: Article

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