Incidence of cervical cancer and age-specific survival of small cell cervical carcinoma in Taiwan

Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica

Volumn 90, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1342-1349

  Huang, Chao Yuan ^a,d   You, San Lin ^a   Chen, Chien Jen ^a   Cheng, Wen Fang ^b,c   Luo, Hui Chun ^a   Hsieh, Chang Yao ^b  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c GENOMICS RESEARCH CENTER   (Taiwan)

^d YUANPEI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cancer; epidemiology; incidence; small cell cervical carcinoma; survival rate; Taiwan

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADENOSQUAMOUS CARCINOMA; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLEAR CELL CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PAPILLARY CARCINOMA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SMALL CELL CARCINOMA; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; SURVIVAL TIME; TAIWAN; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, SMALL CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TAIWAN; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS;

EID: 81355124868     PISSN: 00016349     EISSN: 16000412     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0412.2011.01261.x     Document Type: Article

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