A further caveat in interpreting cancer survival

Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 184-

  Rosso, Stefano ^a   Zanetti, Roberto ^a  

^a Piedmont Cancer Registry   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; COMORBIDITY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; LARYNX TUMOR; LETTER; MULTIPLE CANCER; OROPHARYNX TUMOR; PENIS TUMOR; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR;

DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PROGNOSIS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77950499006     PISSN: 17594774     EISSN: 17594782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrclinonc.2009.184-c1     Document Type: Letter

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