Incidence and survival of childhood bone cancer in northern England and the West Midlands, 1981-2002

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 100, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 188-193

  Eyre, R ^a   Feltbower, R G ^b   Mubwandarikwa, E ^a   Jenkinson, H C ^c   Parkes, S ^c   Birch, J M ^d   Eden, T O B ^d   James, P W ^a   McKinney, P A ^b   Pearce, M S ^a   McNally, R J Q ^a,e  

^a NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^e NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bone cancer; Children; Ewing sarcoma; Incidence; Osteosarcoma; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BONE CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CHONDROSARCOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; EWING SARCOMA; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OSTEOSARCOMA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TUMOR CLASSIFICATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; BONE NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; OSTEOSARCOMA; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SARCOMA, EWING'S; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 58149265230     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6604837     Document Type: Article

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