A method for differentiating cancer prevalence according to health status, exemplified using a population-based sample of Italian colorectal cancer cases

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 294-302

  Baili, Paolo ^a   Vicentini, Massimo ^b   Tumino, Rosario ^c   Vercelli, Marina ^d,e   Lorenzo, Michela ^f   Foschi, Roberto ^a   Guzzinati, Stefano ^g   Dal Maso, Luigino ^h   Minicozzi, Pamela ^a   De Lorenzo, Francesco ⁱ   Micheli, Andrea ^a,i   Di Salvo, Francesca ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b Reggio Emilia Cancer Registry   (Italy)

^c Ragusa Cancer Registry   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^e UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^f Sassari Cancer Registry   (Italy)

^g VENETO INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY IOV IRCCS   (Italy)

^h CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

ⁱ Centro di Riferimento Oncologico ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER REHABILITATION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER SURVIVOR; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER PREVALENCE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSE OF DEATH; COHORT STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RESEARCH DESIGN; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84872525448     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0284186X.2012.743679     Document Type: Conference Paper

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