Incidence and survival of childhood cancer cases diagnosed between 1998 and 2000 in Hiroshima city, Japan

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 675-680

  Sugiyama, Hiromi ^a,b,c   Nishi, Nobuo ^a,b,c   Kuwabara, Masao ^b   Ninomiya, Motoki ^b   Arita, Ken ichi ^b,c   Yasui, Wataru ^c   Kasagi, Fumiyoshi ^a   Kodama, Kazunori ^a  

^a RADIATION EFFECTS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Japan)

^b Hiroshima City Medical Association   (Japan)

^c Working Committee of the Hiroshima Prefecture Tumor Registry   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cancer registry; Childhood cancer; Incidence; Mortality; Survival

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951117452     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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