Age-standardized incidence rates for childhood cancers at a cancer hospital in a developing country

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 10, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 753-758

  Badar, Farhana ^a   Mahmood, Shahid ^a   Zaidi, Alia ^a   Bhurgri, Yasmin ^b  

^a SHAUKAT KHANUM MEMORIAL CANCER HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (Pakistan)

^b Karachi Cancer Registry   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Childhood cancers; Incidence rates; Pakistan

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; NEWBORN; PAKISTAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; CANCER CARE FACILITIES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PAKISTAN; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 77952293982     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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