Methodological issues in estimating survival in patients with multiple primary cancers: An application to women with breast cancer as a first tumour

Emerging Themes in Epidemiology

Volumn 6, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Rosso, Stefano ^a   Ricceri, Fulvio ^b,c   Terracini, Lea ^c   Zanetti, Roberto ^a  

^a Piedmont Cancer Registry   (Italy)

^b ISI FOUNDATION   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; MULTIPLE CANCER; RISK ASSESSMENT; UTERUS CANCER;

EID: 63849157528     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17427622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1742-7622-6-2     Document Type: Article

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