Trends in the survival of patients diagnosed with cancers of the lip, oral cavity, and pharynx in the Nordic countries 1964-2003 followed up to the end of 2006

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 561-577

  Hakulinen, Timo ^a   Tryggvadóttir, Laufey ^b,c   Gislum, Mette ^d   Storm, Hans H ^d   Bray, Freddie ^e,f   Klint, Åsa ^g   Engholm, Gerda ^d  

^a FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

^b ICELANDIC CANCER REGISTRY   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^d DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^e Cancer Registry of Norway ^*  (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^g NATIONAL BOARD OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cancer registry; Excess mortality; Pharyngeal cancer; Population based; Relative survival

Indexed keywords

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMORBIDITY; DENMARK; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; ICELAND; LIP CANCER; MOUTH CANCER; NORWAY; PHARYNX CANCER; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALIVARY GLAND CANCER; SEX DIFFERENCE; SMOKING; SWEDEN; TONGUE CANCER;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALCOHOL DRINKING; COMORBIDITY; DENMARK; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ICELAND; INCIDENCE; LIP NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MOUTH NEOPLASMS; NORWAY; PHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SMOKING; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN;

EID: 77952801251     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02841860903575307     Document Type: Article

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