Cancer prevalence in the United Kingdom: Estimates for 2008

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 541-547

  Maddams, J ^a   Brewster, D ^b   Gavin, A ^c   Steward, J ^d   Elliott, J ^e   Utley, M ^f   Moller H ^a  

^a Thames Cancer Registry   (United Kingdom)

^b Scottish Cancer Registry   (United Kingdom)

^c QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY BELFAST   (United Kingdom)

^d Welsh Cancer Intelligence and Surveillance Unit   (United Kingdom)

^e MACMILLAN CANCER SUPPORT   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Prevalence; Survivors; Survivorship; UK

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STATISTICS; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 68149148940     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605148     Document Type: Article

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