Cancer incidence and mortality patterns in South Eastern Europe in the last decade: Gaps persist compared with the rest of Europe

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 49, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1683-1691

  Znaor, Ariana ^a   Van Den Hurk, Corina ^b   Primic Zakelj, Maja ^c   Agius, Dominic ^d   Coza, Daniela ^e   Demetriou, Anna ^f   Dimitrova, Nadia ^g   Eser, Sultan ^h   Karakilinc, Hulya ⁱ   Zivkovic, Snezana ^j   Bray, Freddie ^k   Coebergh, Jan W Willem ^b,l  

^a CROATIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Croatia)

^b The Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^c INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Slovenia)

^d Malta National Cancer Registry   (Malta)

^e THE ONCOLOGY INSTITUTE PROF DR ION CHIRICUTA   (Romania)

^f NICOSIA GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Cyprus)

^g National Oncology Center Bulgaria   (Bulgaria)

^h Izmir Cancer Registry   (Turkey)

ⁱ Antalya Cancer Registry   (Turkey)

^j Institute of Public Health of Serbia   (Serbia)

^k INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^l ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

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Author keywords

Cancer; Epidemiology; Incidence; Mortality

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BULGARIA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CROATIA; CYPRUS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALTA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROMANIA; SERBIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SLOVENIA; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EUROPE; EUROPE, EASTERN; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84876138470     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: 18790852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2012.11.030     Document Type: Article

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