Trends in childhood rhabdomyosarcoma incidence and survival in the United States, 1975-2005

Cancer

Volumn 115, Issue 18, 2009, Pages 4218-4226

  Ognjanovic, Simona ^a,b   Linabery, Amy M ^a   Charbonneau, Bridget ^a   Ross, Julie A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

Author keywords

Incidence; Pediatric rhabdomyosarcoma; Survival; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SCHOOL CHILD; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA, ALVEOLAR; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA, EMBRYONAL; SEER PROGRAM; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 70149121277     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.24465     Document Type: Article

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