Scrotal cancer: Incidence, survival and second primary tumours in the Netherlands since 1989

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 103, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1462-1466

  Verhoeven, R H A ^a   Louwman, W J ^a   Koldewijn, E L ^b   Demeyere, T B J ^c   Coebergh, J W W ^a,d  

^a Eindhoven Cancer Registry   (Netherlands)

^b CATHARINA HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^c Stichting Laboratoria voor Pathologie en Medische Microbiologie   (Netherlands)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

carcinoma; incidence; neoplasms; scrotum; second primary; squamous cell; survival rate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BOWEN DISEASE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCROTUM CANCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TESTIS CANCER;

ADULT; AGED; GENITAL NEOPLASMS, MALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, SECOND PRIMARY; NETHERLANDS; REGISTRIES; SCROTUM;

EID: 77958539061     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605914     Document Type: Article

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