Cancer at ages 15-29 years: The contrasting incidence in India and England

Pediatric Blood and Cancer

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 55-60

  Arora, Ramandeep S ^a   Alston, Robert D ^a   Eden, Tim O B ^a   Moran, Anthony ^b   Geraci, Marco ^a   O'Hara, Catherine ^b   Birch, Jillian M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescents; Cancer incidence; Developing world; England; India; Young Adults

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; BONE CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PATIENT; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; FEMALE; FEMALE GENITAL TRACT CANCER; GALLBLADDER CANCER; HUMAN; INDIA; LEUKEMIA; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALE GENITAL TRACT CANCER; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MELANOMA; MOUTH CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STOMACH CANCER; TESTIS CANCER; UNITED KINGDOM; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 81155133254     PISSN: 15455009     EISSN: 15455017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pbc.22738     Document Type: Article

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