Registration and classification of adolescent and young adult cancer cases

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 50, Issue 5 SUPPL., 2008, Pages 1090-1093

  Pollock, Brad H ^a,b   Birch, Jillian M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^b University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Classification; Registration

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT HEALTH; ADULT; ADULTHOOD; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE FINDING; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONFERENCE PAPER; DATA ANALYSIS; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HUMAN; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT MEDICINE; ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; CANADA; DATA COLLECTION; GOALS; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; MEDICAL ONCOLOGY; NEOPLASMS; PEDIATRICS; REGISTRIES; SEER PROGRAM; SOCIETIES, MEDICAL; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 41849117738     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.21462     Document Type: Conference Paper

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