Comparative incidence patterns and trends of gonadal and extragonadal germ cell tumors in England, 1979 to 2003

Cancer

Volumn 118, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 4290-4297

  Arora, Ramandeep S ^a   Alston, Robert D ^b   Eden, Tim O B ^b   Geraci, Marco ^c   Birch, Jillian M ^b  

^a ALDER HEY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

central nervous system neoplasms; England; germ cell neoplasms; incidence; longitudinal trends; mediastinal neoplasms; ovarian neoplasms; testicular neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL TUMOR; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GERM CELL TUMOR; GONAD TUMOR; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDIASTINUM TUMOR; OVARY TUMOR; PELVIS TUMOR; PINEAL BODY TUMOR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; TESTIS TUMOR; THORAX TUMOR; TREND STUDY; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM NEOPLASMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS, GERM CELL AND EMBRYONAL; OVARIAN NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; TIME FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84865324399     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: 10970142     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.27403     Document Type: Article

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