Author reply: A further caveat in interpreting cancer survival

Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 184-

  Soerjomataram, Isabelle ^a   De Vries, Esther ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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Indexed keywords

CANCER RISK; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMORBIDITY; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; LETTER; MULTIPLE CANCER; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

EID: 77950499733     PISSN: 17594774     EISSN: 17594782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrclinonc.2009.184-c2     Document Type: Letter

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