Registration completeness and tumour-node-metastases category distribution in prostatic and testicular cancer in Bavaria

European Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 230-237

  Radespiel Tröger, Martin ^a,b   Geiss, Karla ^a   Gärtig Daugs, Anja ^a   Meyer, Martin ^a  

^a Population Based Cancer Registry Bavaria   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ascertainment; Cancer registration; Category distribution; Completeness; Tumour node metastases

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; GERMANY; HUMAN; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; QUALITY CONTROL; TESTIS CANCER; TUMOR VOLUME;

COHORT STUDIES; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HUMANS; LYMPH NODES; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; POPULATION; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; QUALITY CONTROL; REGISTRIES; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS; TUMOR BURDEN;

EID: 42249089851     PISSN: 09598278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CEJ.0b013e3282f0c03d     Document Type: Article

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