Retinoblastoma in Taiwan: Incidence and survival characteristics from 1979 to 2003

Eye

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 318-322

  Chen, Y H ^a   Lin, H Y ^a,b   Hsu, W M ^c   Lee, S M ^a,b   Cheng, C Y ^a,b,d  

^a TAIPEI VETERANS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL YANG MING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

Incidence; Retinoblastoma; Survival rate; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETINOBLASTOMA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TAIWAN;

EID: 77049118004     PISSN: 0950222X     EISSN: 14765454     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/eye.2009.80     Document Type: Article

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