Long-term cancer patient survival in the United States

Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 271-282

  Wingo, Phyllis A ^a   Gloeckler Ries, Lynn A ^b   Parker, Sheryl L ^a   Heath Jr , Clark W ^a  

^a AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH (U.S.); NEOPLASMS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; SEER PROGRAM; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 7344262310     PISSN: 10559965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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