Canadian cancer statistics at a glance: Cancer in children

CMAJ. Canadian Medical Association Journal

Volumn 180, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 422-424

  Ellison, Larry F ^a   De, Prithwish ^b   Mery, Leslie S ^c   Grundy, Paul E ^d  

^a HEALTH STATISTICS DIVISION   (Canada)

^b Societe canadienne du cancer   (Canada)

^c Canadian Partnership Against Cancer   (Canada)

^d STOLLERY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ASTROCYTOMA; BONE TUMOR; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARDIOMYOPATHY; CHILDHOOD CANCER; DEPRESSION; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; INFERTILITY; LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; METASTASIS; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; RETICULOENDOTHELIAL NEOPLASM; RETINOBLASTOMA; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 61449153936     PISSN: 08203946     EISSN: 14882329     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1503/cmaj.081155     Document Type: Review

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