Long-term survival of cancer patients in Korea, 1993-2007: National cancer registry study

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1459-1464

  Lee, Joo Young ^a   Jung, Kyu Won ^a   Park, Sohee ^a   Kong, Hyun Joo ^a   JooWon, Young ^a   Shin, Hai Rim ^a   Park, Eun cheol ^a   Lee, Jin Soo ^a  

^a National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Korea; Long term survival; Neoplasms

Indexed keywords

EID: 79956140651     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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