Cancer incidence and survival (19972006) among adolescents and young adults in the north of Portugal

Pediatric Hematology and Oncology

Volumn 29, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 663-676

  Carreira, Helena ^a,b   Antunes, Luís ^c   Castro, Clara ^c   Lunet, Nuno ^a,b   Bento, Maria José ^c  

^a University of Porto   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c PORTUGUESE ONCOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Incidence; Neoplasms; Portugal; Survival; Young adult

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT DISEASE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASTROCYTOMA; BLADDER CARCINOMA; BREAST CARCINOMA; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHONDROSARCOMA; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; EPENDYMOMA; FEMALE; FIBROSARCOMA; FOLLOW UP; GERM CELL TUMOR; HEPATOBLASTOMA; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; KAPOSI SARCOMA; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LIVER CELL CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT PERIPHERAL NERVE SHEATH TUMOR; MELANOMA; NEUROBLASTOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OSTEOSARCOMA; PORTUGAL; RETINOBLASTOMA; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA; THYROID CARCINOMA;

ADOLESCENT; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PORTUGAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866942907     PISSN: 08880018     EISSN: 15210669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/08880018.2012.719069     Document Type: Article

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