Season of cancer diagnosis exerts distinct effects upon short- and long-term survival

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 124, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2436-2441

  Roychoudhuri, Rahul ^a   Robinson, David ^a   Coupland, Victoria ^a   Holmberg, Lars ^b   Møller, Henrik ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Infections; Season; Survival; Vitamin D

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUTUMN; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPRING; SUMMER; SURVIVAL TIME; WINTER; INCIDENCE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; SEASON; SURVIVAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEOPLASMS; SEASONS; SURVIVAL;

EID: 64249088825     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.24213     Document Type: Article

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