Rectal cancer survival in the Nordic countries and Scotland

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 125, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 2406-2412

  Folkesson, Joakim ^a   Engholm, Gerda ^b   Ehrnrooth, Eva ^b   Kejs, Anne Mette ^b   Påhlman, Lars ^a   Harling, Henrik ^c   Wibe, Arne ^d,e   Gaard, Maria ^d,e   Porvaldur, Jónsson ^f   Tryggvadottir, Laufey ^g   Brewster, David H ^h   Hakulinen, Timo ⁱ   Storm, Hans H ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^c BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^d NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^e CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^f LANDSPITALI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Iceland)

^g ICELANDIC CANCER REGISTRY   (Iceland)

^h Scottish Cancer Registry   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Excess mortality risk; Population based; Quality register; Rectal cancer; Relative survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; FINLAND; HUMAN; ICELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CARCINOMA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; SCANDINAVIA; SCOTLAND; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 70349862893     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.24562     Document Type: Article

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