What reasons lie behind long-term survival differences for gastric cancer within Europe?

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1086-1092

  Bouvier, Anne Marie ^a   Sant, Milena ^b   Verdecchia, Arduino ^c   Forman, David ^d   Damhuis, Ronald ^e   Willem Coebergh, Jan ^f   Crocetti, Emanuele ^g   Crosignani, Paolo ^h   Gafa, Lorenzo ⁱ   Launoy, Guy ^j   Martinez Garcia, Carmen ^k   Plesko, Ivan ^l   Pompe Kirn, Vera ^m   Rachtan, Jadwiga ⁿ   Velten, Michel ^o   Vercelli, Marina ^p   Zwierko, Maria ^q   Esteve, Jacques ^r   Faivre, Jean ^a  

^a Chu   (France)

^b IRCCS   (Italy)

^c ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^d Northern and Yorkshire Cancer Registry and Information Service   (United Kingdom)

^e Integraal Kankercentrum Rotterdam   (Netherlands)

^f Eindhoven Cancer Registry   (Netherlands)

^g Firenze Cancer Registry   (Italy)

^h Lombardy Cancer Registry   (Italy)

ⁱ Ragusa Cancer Registry   (Italy)

^j Calvados Digestive Cancer Registry   (France)

^k Granada Cancer Registry   (Spain)

^l National Cancer Registry of   (Slovakia)

^m INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Slovenia)

ⁿ Cracow Cancer Registry   (Poland)

^o Cancer Registry of Bas Rhin   (France)

^p Regione Liguria   (Italy)

^q INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

^r Service de Biostatistique   (France)

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Author keywords

Cancer registry; Europe; Gastric cancer; Stage at diagnosis; Survival; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX; STOMACH CANCER; SURVIVAL TIME;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; EARLY DETECTION OF CANCER; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE; REGISTRIES; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 77949656187     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2010.01.019     Document Type: Article

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