Rare cancers are not so rare: The rare cancer burden in Europe

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 47, Issue 17, 2011, Pages 2493-2511

  Gatta, Gemma ^a   Van Der Zwan, Jan Maarten ^b,cl   Casali, Paolo G ^a   Siesling, Sabine ^b,cl   Dei Tos, Angelo Paolo ^c,bc   Kunkler, Ian ^d,cy   Otter, Renee ^b,cl   Licitra, Lisa ^a   Mallone, Sandra ^e   Tavilla, Andrea ^e   Trama, Annalisa ^a   Capocaccia, Riccardo ^e   Hackl, M ^f   Van Eycken, E ^g   Schrijvers, D ^g   Sundseth, H ^h   Geissler, Jan ^h   Marreaud, S ⁱ   Audisio, R ^j   Magi M ^k   Hedelin, G ^l   Velten, M ^l   Launoy, G ^m   Guizard, A V ⁿ   Bouvier, A M ^o   Maynadie, M ^p   Mercier, M ^q   Buemi, A ^r   Tretarre, B ^s   Colonna, M ^t   Molinie, F ^u   Lacour, B ^v   Schvartz, C ^w   Ganry, O ^x   Grosclaude, P ^y   Benhamou, E ^z   Grossgoupil, M ^z   Coquard, I R ^aa   Droz, J P ^aa   Baconnier, S ^ab   Holleczek, B ^ac   Wartenberg, M ^ad   Hehlmann, R ^ae   Tryggvadottir, L ^af   Deady, S ^ag   Bellu F ^ah   Ferretti, S ^ai   Serraino, D ^aj   Vercelli, M ^ak   Vitarelli, S ^al   Cirilli, C ^am   Fusco, M ^an   Traina, A ^ao   Michiara, M ^ap   Giacomin, A ^aq   Pastore, G ^ar   Tumino, R ^as   Mangone, L ^at   Falcini, F ^au   Senatore, G ^av   Budroni, M ^aw   Piffer, S ^ax   Crocetti, E ^ay   La Rosa, F ^az   Contiero, P ^ba   Zambon, P ^bb   Berrino, F ^a   Gronchi, A ^a   Sowe, S ^a   De Angelis, R ^e   Brandes, A A ^bd   England, K ^be   Langmark, F ^bf   Rachtan, J ^bg   Mezyk, R ^bh   Zwierko, M ^bi   Bielska Lasota, M ^bj   Slowinski, J ^bk   Miranda, A ^bl   Diba, Ch Safaei ^bm   Primic Zakelj, M ^bn   Mateos, A ^bo   Izarzugaza, I ^bp   Marcos Gragera, R ^bq   Sanchez M J ^br   Navarro, C ^bs   Ardanaz, Eva ^bt   Galceran, J ^bu   Virizuela Echaburu, J A ^bv   Martinez Garcia, C ^bw   Melchor, J M ^bw   Cervantes, A ^bx   Adolfsson, Jan ^by   Lambe, M ^bz   Moller T R ^ca   Ringborg, Ulrik ^cb   Jundt, G ^cc   Usel, M ^cd   Frick, H ^ce   Ess, S M ^cf   Bordoni, A ^cg   Konzelmann, I ^ch   Dehler, S ^ci   Lutz, J M ^cj   Visser, O ^ck   Coebergh, J W W ^cm   Schouten, H ^cn   Greenberg, D C ^co   Wilkinson, J ^cp   Roche, M ^cq   Verne, J ^cr   Meechan, D ^cs   Lawrence, G ^ct   Coleman, M P ^cu   Mackay, J ^cv   Gavin, A ^cw   Brewster, D H ^cx   Steward, J ^cz   more..

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b Integraal Kankercentrum Noord Nederland   (Netherlands)

^c General Hospital of Treviso   (Italy)

^d WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^f Austrian National Cancer Registry   (Austria)

^g ZiekenhuisNetwerk Antwerpen   (Belgium)

^h European Cancer Patient Coalition   (Belgium)

ⁱ EORTC DATA CENTER   (Belgium)

^j European Society of Surgical Oncology   (Belgium)

^k Estonian Cancer Registry   (Estonia)

^l Cancer Registry of Bas Rhin   (France)

^m Calvados Digestive Cancer Registry   (France)

ⁿ Calvados General Cancer Registry   (France)

^o ote d'Or Digestive Cancer Registry   (France)

^p Côte d'Or Haematological Malignancies Registry   (France)

^q Doubs Cancer Registry   (France)

^r Haut Rhin Cancer Registry   (France)

^s Herault Cancer Registry   (France)

^t Is ere Cancer Registry   (France)

^u Loire Atlantique Breast and Colon Cancer Registry   (France)

^v Manche Cancer Registry   (France)

^w Marne and Ardennes Thyroid Cancer Registry   (France)

^x Somme Cancer Registry   (France)

^y Tarn Cancer Registry   (France)

^z INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^aa CENTRE LÉON BÉRARD   (France)

^ab Connective tissue cancer network CONTICANET ^*  (France)

^ac Saarland Cancer Registry   (Germany)

^ad Global GIST Network   (Germany)

^ae European Leukemia Net   (Germany)

^af ICELANDIC CANCER REGISTRY   (Iceland)

^ag National Cancer Registry of Ireland   (Ireland)

^ah Alto Adige Cancer Registry   (Italy)

^ai Ferrara Cancer Registry   (Italy)

^aj Friuli Venezia Giulia Cancer Registry   (Italy)

^ak UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^al Macerata Province Cancer Registry   (Italy)

^am MODENA CANCER REGISTRY   (Italy)

^an Napoli Cancer Registry   (Italy)

^ao Palermo Breast Cancer Registry   (Italy)

^ap PARMA CANCER REGISTRY   (Italy)

^aq Piedmont Cancer Registry   (Italy)

^ar Childhood Cancer Registry of Piedmont CPO   (Italy)

^as CIVILE M P AREZZO HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^at Reggio Emilia Cancer Registry   (Italy)

^au Romagna Cancer Registry   (Italy)

^av Salerno Cancer Registry   (Italy)

^aw Sassari Cancer Registry   (Italy)

^ax Osservatorio Epidemiologico   (Italy)

^ay Tuscan Cancer Registry   (Italy)

^az Umbria Cancer Registry   (Italy)

^ba Varese Cancer Registry   (Italy)

^bb Veneto Cancer Registry   (Italy)

^bc Local Health Unit No 9 Region of Veneto   (Italy)

^bd Local Health Unit   (Italy)

^be Malta National Cancer Registry   (Malta)

^bf CANCER REGISTRY OF NORWAY   (Norway)

^bg Cracow Cancer Registry   (Poland)

^bh Cancer Registry of Kielce   (Poland)

^bi INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Poland)

^bj NATIONAL MEDICINES INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^bk MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SILESIA   (Poland)

^bl Southern Portugal Cancer Registry   (Portugal)

^bm National Cancer Registry of   (Slovakia)

^bn INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^bo Albacete Cancer Registry   (Spain)

^bp Basque Country Cancer Registry   (Spain)

^bq Girona Cancer Registry   (Spain)

^br Granada Cancer Registry   (Spain)

^bs Murcia Cancer Registry   (Spain)

^bt Navarra Cancer Registry   (Spain)

^bu Tarragona Cancer Registry   (Spain)

^bv HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO VIRGEN MACARENA   (Spain)

^bw Escuela Andaluza de Salud Pú Blica   (Spain)

^bx UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^by Regional Cancer Center Stockholm and Gotland   (Sweden)

^bz Regional Cancer Center Uppsala Orebro   (Sweden)

^ca LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^cb KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^cc Cancer Registry of Basel   (Switzerland)

^cd GENEVA CANCER REGISTRY   (Switzerland)

^ce Grisons Cancer Registry   (Switzerland)

^cf St Gallen Cancer Registry   (Switzerland)

^cg Ticino Cancer Registry   (Switzerland)

^ch Valais Cancer Registry   (Switzerland)

^ci Cancer Registry   (Switzerland)

^cj National Institute for Cancer Epidemiology and Registration   (Switzerland)

^ck Cancer Center Amsterdam   (Netherlands)

^cl Department of Cancer Registry and Research   (Netherlands)

^cm Eindhoven Cancer Registry   (Netherlands)

^cn MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^co Eastern Cancer Registration and Information Centre   (United Kingdom)

^cp Northern and Yorkshire Cancer Registry   (United Kingdom)

^cq UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^cr South West Cancer Intelligence Service   (United Kingdom)

^cs Trent Cancer Registry   (United Kingdom)

^ct W Midlands Cancer Intelligence Unit   (United Kingdom)

^cu LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

^cv UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^cw Northern Ireland Cancer Registry   (United Kingdom)

^cx Scottish Cancer Registry   (United Kingdom)

^cy UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^cz Welsh Cancer Intelligence and Surveillance Unit   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Cancer registries; Incidence; Prevalence; Rare cancers; Survival

Indexed keywords

5Q- SYNDROME; ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ARTICLE; ATYPICAL CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BILE DUCT TUMOR; BLADDER CARCINOMA; BREAST CANCER; BREAST TUMOR; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; CYSTADENOCARCINOMA; EMBRYONAL RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; ENDOCRINE TUMOR; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; EUROPE; EWING SARCOMA; GALLBLADDER CARCINOMA; GALLBLADDER TUMOR; HAIRY CELL LEUKEMIA; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPOPHARYNX TUMOR; KAPOSI SARCOMA; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LARYNX TUMOR; LIP TUMOR; LIVER TUMOR; LUNG BLASTOMA; LUNG CARCINOMA; LYMPHOBLASTOMA; MALIGNANT MESOTHELIOMA; MELANOMA; MOUTH TUMOR; MYCOSIS FUNGOIDES; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NASOPHARYNX TUMOR; NEOPLASM; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NEUROBLASTOMA; NOSE TUMOR; OSTEOSARCOMA; OVARY TUMOR; PAGET NIPPLE DISEASE; PANCREAS CANCER; PANCREAS TUMOR; PARAGANGLIOMA; PENIS CANCER; PLEURA MESOTHELIOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; PROSTATE ADENOCARCINOMA; PROSTATE TUMOR; RARE CANCER; RARE DISEASE; RECTUM CARCINOMA; RETINOBLASTOMA; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; SALIVARY GLAND TUMOR; SEMINOMA; SEZARY SYNDROME; SKIN CARCINOMA; SMALL INTESTINE CANCER; SMALL INTESTINE TUMOR; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STOMACH CARCINOMA; STOMACH TUMOR; TESTIS CANCER; THYMOMA; THYMUS CANCER; TRACHEA CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; UTERINE TUBE CARCINOMA; UTERUS CARCINOMA; UVEA MELANOMA; VAGINA TUMOR; VASCULAR SARCOMA; VULVA TUMOR;

EID: 80755140638     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: 18790852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2011.08.008     Document Type: Article

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