Has there been progress in cancer care in Croatia? Assessing outcomes in a partially complete mortality follow-up setting

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 921-928

  Znaor, A ^a,b   Brenner, H ^c   Holleczek, B ^d   Gondos, A ^c  

^a CROATIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Croatia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

^c GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^d SAARLAND CANCER REGISTRY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cancer registration; Cancer survival; South Eastern Europe

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BRAIN CANCER; BREAST CANCER; BRONCHUS CANCER; CANCER CARE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER THERAPY; CAUSE OF DEATH; COLORECTAL CANCER; CROATIA; DEATH CERTIFICATE; EASTERN EUROPE; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; LARYNX CANCER; LEUKEMIA; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MELANOMA; MOUTH CANCER; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVARY CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; STOMACH CANCER; TESTIS CANCER; THYROID CANCER; TRACHEA CANCER; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERUS CANCER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; CROATIA; DEATH CERTIFICATES; DELIVERY OF HEALTH CARE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84859105480     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: 18790852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2011.05.027     Document Type: Article

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