Trends in long-term cancer survival in Singapore: 1968-2002

Annals of the Academy of Medicine Singapore

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 99-105

  Lim, Gek Hsiang ^a   Wong, Chia Siong ^a   Chow, Khuan Yew ^b   Bhalla, Vineta ^c   Chia, Kee Seng ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b Health Promotion Board Singapore   (Singapore)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Singapore)

^d NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Carcinoma; Period analysis; Population based; Public Health; Relative survival

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PANCREAS CANCER; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; SCHOOL CHILD; SINGAPORE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREND STUDY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

EID: 64549126979     PISSN: 03044602     EISSN: 29724066     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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