Epidemiology: Excess cancer in men - A call for an increased research focus

Nature Reviews Clinical Oncology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 186-188

  Cook, Michael B ^a  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BRAIN CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HUMAN; INTESTINE CANCER; KIDNEY CANCER; LIFE EXPECTANCY; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MELANOMA; MEN'S HEALTH; MYELOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; PANCREAS CANCER; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SEX DIFFERENCE; SHORT SURVEY; STOMACH CANCER; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH; EPIDEMIOLOGIC RESEARCH DESIGN; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASMS; SEX FACTORS;

EID: 84875748763     PISSN: 17594774     EISSN: 17594782     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrclinonc.2013.37     Document Type: Short Survey

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