The burden of rare cancers in Italy: The surveillance of rare cancers in Italy (RITA) project

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Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 550-580

  Trama, Annalisa ^a   Mallone, Sandra ^b   Ferretti, Stefano ^c,f   Meduri, Francesca ^b   Capocaccia, Riccardo ^b   Gatta, Gemma ^a   Bellù, Francesco ^d   Mazzoleni, Guido ^d   Dal Cappello, Tomas ^d   Giacomin, Adriano ^e   Serraino, Diego ^g   Zucchetto, Antonella ^g   Vercelli, Marina ^h   Quaglia, Alberto ^h   Vitarelli, Susanna ⁱ   Federico, Massimo ^j   Cirilli, Claudia ^j   Fusco, Mario ^k   Vitale, Maria Francesca ^k   Traina, Adele ^l   Zarcone, Maurizio ^l   Michiara, Maria ^m   Bozzani, Francesco ^m   Tumino, Rosario ⁿ   Spata, Eugenia ⁿ   Mangone, Lucia ^o   Vicentini, Massimo ^o   Falcini, Fabio ^p   Cremone, Luigi ^q   Iannelli, Arturo ^q   Budroni, Mario ^r   Intrieri, Teresa ^s   Caldarella, Adele ^s   Piffer, Silvano ^t   Gentilini, Maria ^t   La Rosa, Francesco ^u   Stracci, Fabrizio ^u   Tagliabue, Giovanna ^v   Contiero, Paolo ^v   Zambon, Paola ^w   Fiore, Annarita ^w   Berrino, Franco ^a   Casali, Paolo G ^a   Licita, Lisa ^a   Dei Tos, Angelo Paolo ^x   De Angelis, Roberta ^b   more..

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^d Registro Tumori dell'Alto Adige Tumorregister Süd Tirol   (Italy)

^e Registro Tumori Piemonte   (Italy)

^f Registro Tumori della Provincia di Ferrara   (Italy)

^g Registro Tumori del Friuli Venezia Giulia   (Italy)

^h Registro Tumori Regione Liguria   (Italy)

ⁱ Dipartimento di Istituzioni Economiche e Finanziarie   (Italy)

^j Centro Oncologico Modenese   (Italy)

^k Registro Tumori di Popolazione Della Regione Campania   (Italy)

^l Registro Tumori della Mammella di Palermo   (Italy)

^m Registro Tumori Provincia Parma   (Italy)

ⁿ Registro Tumori della Provincia di Ragusa   (Italy)

^o Registro Tumori Reggiano   (Italy)

^p Registro Tumori della Romagna   (Italy)

^q Registro Tumori della Provincia di Salerno   (Italy)

^r Registro Tumori della Provincia di Sassari   (Italy)

^s Registro Tumori Toscano   (Italy)

^t Registro Tumori della Provincia di Trento   (Italy)

^u F La Rosa Registro Tumori Umbro   (Italy)

^v Provincia di Varese   (Italy)

^w Registro Tumori del Veneto   (Italy)

^x OSPEDALE CA FONCELLO   (Italy)

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Author keywords

Cancer registries; Incidence; Prevalence; Rare cancers; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; EUROPEAN PROJECT SURVEILLANCE OF RARE CANCERS IN EUROPE; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RARE DISEASE; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVEILLANCE OF RARE CANCERS IN ITALY; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; ITALY; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; RARE DISEASES; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84872093892     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: 20382529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089161209800503     Document Type: Article

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