Population-based breast (female) and cervix cancer rates in the Gambia: Evidence of ethnicity-related variations

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 127, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 2248-2256

  Sighoko, Dominique ^a,b   Bah, Ebrima ^c   Haukka, Jari ^a   McCormack, Valerie A ^a   Aka, Elizabeth Patu ^d,e   Bourgeois, Denis ^b   Autier, Philippe ^a   Byrnes, Graham ^a   Curado, Maria Paula ^a   Hainaut, Pierre ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LYON 1   (France)

^c MEDICAL RESEARCH COUNCIL LABORATORIES   (Gambia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF THE GAMBIA   (Gambia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

breast; cervix; ethnicity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; ONSET AGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; AGE; BREAST TUMOR; ETHNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTER; UTERINE CERVIX TUMOR;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GAMBIA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78049521598     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.25244     Document Type: Article

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