Cancer statistics in Korea: Incidence, mortality, survival, and prevalence in 2009

Cancer Research and Treatment

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 11-24

  Jung, Kyu Won ^a   Park, Sohee ^a   Kong, Hyun Joo ^a   Won, Young Joo ^a   Lee, Joo Young ^a   Seo, Hong Gwan ^b   Lee, Jin Soo ^a  

^a The Korea Central Cancer Registry   (South Korea)

^b National Cancer Center   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Incidence; Korea; Mortality; Neoplasms; Prevalence; Survival

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER STATISTICS; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; KIDNEY CANCER; KOREA; LARYNX CANCER; LEUKEMIA; LUNG CANCER; MULTIPLE MYELOMA; OVARY CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; PREVALENCE; PROSTATE CANCER; STOMACH CANCER; TESTIS CANCER; THYROID CANCER; TREND STUDY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; UTERUS CANCER;

EID: 84864321495     PISSN: 15982998     EISSN: 20059256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4143/crt.2012.44.1.11     Document Type: Article

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