Bladder cancer survivals in New South Wales, Australia: Why do women have poorer survival than men?

BJU International

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 498-504

  Tracey, Elizabeth ^a,c   Roder, David ^a   Luke, Colin ^b   Bishop, James ^a  

^a Cancer Institute New South Wales   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN SERVICES   (Australia)

^c CANCER INSTITUTE NSW   (Australia)

Author keywords

Bladder cancer; Cancer registry; Coding; Srvival

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BIRTHPLACE; BLADDER CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CODING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; DISEASE DURATION; FATALITY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODEL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOECONOMICS; AGE DISTRIBUTION; BLADDER TUMOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; REGISTER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC METHODS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; REGISTRIES; SEX FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URINARY BLADDER NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 69849106041     PISSN: 14644096     EISSN: 1464410X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1464-410X.2009.08527.x     Document Type: Article

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