Survival of women with breast cancer in central and northern Denmark, 1998-2009

Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 3, Issue SUPPL., 2011, Pages 35-40

  Lietzen, Lone Winther ^a   Sørensen, Gitte Vrelits ^a   Ording, Anne Gulbech ^a   Garne, Jens Peter ^b   Christiansen, Peer ^c   Nørgaard, Mette ^a   Jacobsen, Jacob ^a  

^a Department of Clinical Epidemiology ^*  (Denmark)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Breast neoplasm; Epidemiology; Mortality; Population based

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POPULATION RESEARCH; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 80955160036     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11791349     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/clep.s20627     Document Type: Article

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