Survival of children with cancer in Italy, 1989-98. A report from the hospital based registry of the Italian Association of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology (AIEOP)

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1282-1289

  Pession, Andrea ^a   Dama, Elisa ^b   Rondelli, Roberto ^a   Magnani, Corrado ^b,c   De Rosa, Marisa ^d   Locatelli, Franco ^e   Fagioli, Franca ^f   Haupt, Riccardo ^g   Jankovic, Momcilo ^h   Terracini, Benedetto ^b   Merletti, Franco ^b   Pastore, Guido ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA   (Italy)

^b Childhood Cancer Registry of Piedmont   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN PIEDMONT   (Italy)

^d CINECA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PAVIA   (Italy)

^f REGINA MARGHERITA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^g G GASLINI INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^h SAN GERARDO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer registration; Childhood cancer; Gender; Italy; Survival

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE NONLYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; FEMALE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; INFANT; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NEUROBLASTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; ITALY; MALE; NEOPLASMS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVORS;

EID: 44449165856     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2008.03.020     Document Type: Article

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