Breast and stomach cancer incidence and survival in migrants in the Netherlands, 1996-2006

European Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 150-156

  Arnold, Melina ^a,b   Aarts, Mieke Josepha ^c   Siesling, Sabine ^d   Van Der Aa, Maaike ^d   Visser, Otto ^e   Coebergh, Jan Willem ^a,b  

^a BIELEFELD UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c Eindhoven Cancer Registry   (Netherlands)

^d Integraal Kankercentrum Noord Nederland   (Netherlands)

^e Integraal Kankercentrum Amsterdam   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

cancer; ethnicity; health transition; prevention; survival

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NETHERLANDS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH CANCER; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM INVASIVENESS; NETHERLANDS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL RATE; TRANSIENTS AND MIGRANTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79955061636     PISSN: 09598278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CEJ.0b013e3283431c40     Document Type: Article

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