Trend analysis of cancer incidence in Japan using data from selected population-based cancer registries

Cancer Science

Volumn 103, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 360-368

  Katanoda, Kota ^a   Ajiki, Wakiko ^a   Matsuda, Tomohiro ^a   Nishino, Yoshikazu ^b   Shibata, Akiko ^c   Fujita, Manabu ^d   Tsukuma, Hideaki ^e   Ioka, Akiko ^e   Soda, Midori ^f   Sobue, Tomotaka ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^b MIYAGI CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c Division of Cancer Control   (Japan)

^d Fukui Social Insurance Hospital   (Japan)

^e OSAKA MEDICAL CENTER FOR CANCER AND CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES   (Japan)

^f RADIATION EFFECTS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIMARY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; TREND STUDY; VITAL STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; JAPAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; POPULATION GROUPS; REGISTRIES; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84856500669     PISSN: 13479032     EISSN: 13497006     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.2011.02145.x     Document Type: Article

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