Increasing incidence of neuroblastoma and potentially higher associated mortality of children from nonmetropolitan areas: Analysis of the surveillance, epidemiology, and end results database

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 31, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 942-946

  Hsieh, Michael H ^a   Meng, Maxwell V ^b   Walsh, Thomas J ^c   Matthay, Katherine K ^b   Baskin, Laurence S ^b  

^a TEXAS CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Incidence; Neuroblastoma; Rural; Survival; Urban

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; DATA BASE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROBLASTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; RURAL AREA; SOLID TUMOR; UNITED STATES; URBAN AREA; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROGNOSIS; RACE; RURAL POPULATION; SEX RATIO; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS; URBAN POPULATION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEUROBLASTOMA; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SEER PROGRAM; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 73949150819     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: 15363678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e3181bcc809     Document Type: Article

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