Comparison between overall, cause-specific, and relative survival rates based on data from a population-based cancer registry

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 11, 2012, Pages 5681-5685

  Utada, Mai ^a   Ohno, Yuko ^a   Shimizu, Sachiko ^a   Hori, Megumi ^a   Soda, Midori ^b  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b RADIATION EFFECTS RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Cause of death; Cause specific survival; Overall survival; Relative survival

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874076506     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2012.13.11.5681     Document Type: Article

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