Cancer prevalence and mortality in centenarians: A systematic review

Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 145-152

  Pavlidis, Nicholas ^a   Stanta, Giorgio ^b   Audisio, Riccardo A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cause of death; Centenarians; Incidence; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGING; AUTOPSY; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RESEARCH; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MULTIPLE CANCER; POPULATION RISK; PRIMARY TUMOR; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VERY ELDERLY; VITAL STATISTICS;

AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; AUTOPSY; CAUSE OF DEATH; HUMANS; LIFE EXPECTANCY; NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES;

EID: 84862135544     PISSN: 10408428     EISSN: 18790461     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2011.09.007     Document Type: Review

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