Trends in the survival of patients diagnosed with cancer in the Nordic countries 1964-2003 followed up to the end of 2006. Material and methods

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 545-560

  Engholm, Gerda ^a   Gislum, Mette ^a   Bray, Freddie ^b,c   Hakulinen, Timo ^d  

^a DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^b CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^d FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; DENMARK; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; FINLAND; GENITAL TRACT CANCER; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; ICELAND; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT CANCER; SKIN CANCER; STANDARDIZATION; SWEDEN; URINARY TRACT CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AUTOPSY; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DEATH CERTIFICATES; DENMARK; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ICELAND; INFANT; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIFE TABLES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; NORWAY; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77952834576     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/02841861003739322     Document Type: Article

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