Incidence, mortality and survival patterns of prostate cancer among residents in Singapore from 1968 to 2002

BMC Cancer

Volumn 8, Issue , 2008, Pages

  Chia, Sin Eng ^a   Tan, Chuen Seng ^a   Lim, Gek Hsiang ^a   Sim, Xueling ^a   Pawitan, Yudi ^b   Reilly, Marie ^b   Mohamed Ali, Safiyya ^a   Lau, Weber ^c   Chia, Kee Seng ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHINESE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; HUMAN; INDIAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PROSTATE CANCER; SINGAPORE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREND STUDY; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ASIAN; CAUCASIAN; DIET; ETHNOLOGY; LIFESTYLE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATE TUMOR; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DIET; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SINGAPORE; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 60949088124     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2407-8-368     Document Type: Article

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