Survival of stomach and esophagus cancer patients in Germany in the early 21st century

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 51, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 906-914

  Hiripi, Eva ^a   Jansen, Lina ^a   Gondos, Adam ^a   Emrich, Katharina ^b   Holleczek, Bernd ^c   Katalinic, Alexander ^d   Luttmann, Sabine ^e   Nennecke, Alice ^f   Brenner, Hermann ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c SAARLAND CANCER REGISTRY   (Germany)

^d Institute of Clinical Epidemiology   (Germany)

^e LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR PREVENTION RESEARCH AND EPIDEMIOLOGY BIPS   (Germany)

^f Hamburg Cancer Registry   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CARDIA CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH CARCINOID;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ESOPHAGOGASTRIC JUNCTION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; SEER PROGRAM; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84866347479     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0284186X.2012.673732     Document Type: Article

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