Trends in the overall survival of cancer patients diagnosed 19642003 in the Nordic countries followed up to the end of 2006: The importance of case-mix

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 49, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 713-724

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

^a DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^b ICELANDIC CANCER REGISTRY   (Iceland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

^d NATIONAL BOARD OF HEALTH AND WELFARE   (Sweden)

^e Cancer Registry of Norway ^*  (Norway)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

^g FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CASE MIX; COHORT ANALYSIS; COMORBIDITY; DENMARK; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; ICELAND; NORWAY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SMOKING; SOLID TUMOR; SWEDEN; TREND STUDY;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DENMARK; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ICELAND; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS; NORWAY; REGISTRIES; RISK ADJUSTMENT; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN;

EID: 77952845791     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0284186X.2010.484426     Document Type: Article

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