Quantifying differences in breast cancer survival between England and Norway

Cancer Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 526-533

  Lambert, Paul C ^a,b   Holmberg, Lars ^c   Sandin, Fredrik ^d   Bray, Freddie ^e,f   Linklater, Karen M ^g   Purushotham, Arnie ^c   Robinson, David ^g   Møller, Henrik ^g  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c GUY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^e Cancer Registry of Norway ^*  (Norway)

^f INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^g KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Breast Cancer; Crude mortality; England; Norway; Relative survival; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NORWAY; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 81055157137     PISSN: 18777821     EISSN: 1877783X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2011.04.003     Document Type: Article

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