Incidence and survival trends for childhood cancer in Osaka, Japan, 1973-2001

Cancer Science

Volumn 101, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 787-792

  Baba, Sachiko ^a   Ioka, Akiko ^b   Tsukuma, Hideaki ^b   Noda, Hiroyuki ^a,c   Ajiki, Wakiko ^d   Iso, Hiroyasu ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b OSAKA MEDICAL CENTER FOR CANCER AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (Japan)

^c HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BONE CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; JAPAN; LEUKEMIA; LIVER CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; NEUROBLASTOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREND STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; JAPAN; MALE; NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 77949587815     PISSN: 13479032     EISSN: 13497006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.2009.01443.x     Document Type: Article

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