Incidence, aetiology, and outcomes of cancer in Indigenous peoples in Australia

The Lancet Oncology

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 585-595

  Cunningham, Joan ^a   Rumbold, Alice R ^a   Zhang, Xiaohua ^a,b   Condon, John R ^a  

^a MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

^b NORTHERN TERRITORY DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

AUSTRALIA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; DATA ANALYSIS; HEALTH CARE AVAILABILITY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH SERVICE; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MAMMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT IDENTIFICATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SMOKING CESSATION PROGRAM;

AUSTRALIA; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES; CONTRACEPTIVE AGENTS, FEMALE; DEMOGRAPHY; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEALTHCARE DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE STYLE; MASS SCREENING; NEOPLASMS; OCEANIC ANCESTRY GROUP; PALLIATIVE CARE; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; REPRODUCTION; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 44249092282     PISSN: 14702045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(08)70150-5     Document Type: Review

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