Cancer incidence and survival among children and adolescents in israel during the years1998 to 2007

Journal of Pediatric Hematology/Oncology

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 421-429

  Rabinowicz, Ron ^a   Barchana, Micha ^b   Liphshiz, Irena ^c   Futerman, Boris ^d   Linn, Shai ^d   Weyl Ben Arush, Myriam ^a,d  

^a TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^c Israel National Cancer Registry   (Israel)

^d MEYER CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Israel)

Author keywords

cancer; children; epidemiology; ethnicity; survival

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DETERMINATION; ARAB; ARTICLE; BONE CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPITHELIUM TUMOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; ILLNESS TRAJECTORY; INFANT; ISRAEL; JEW; KIDNEY CANCER; LEUKEMIA; LIVER CANCER; LYMPHOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEUROBLASTOMA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETINOBLASTOMA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; ISRAEL; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84864344672     PISSN: 10774114     EISSN: 15363678     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MPH.0b013e31826157ce     Document Type: Article

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