Cancer patients without a known primary: Incidence and survival trends in Sweden 19602007

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 915-920

  Randn, Margareta ^a   Rutqvist, Lars Erik ^a   Johansson, Hemming ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER OF UNKNOWN PRIMARY SITE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SWEDEN;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM METASTASIS; NEOPLASMS, UNKNOWN PRIMARY; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN;

EID: 70350683800     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02841860902862503     Document Type: Article

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