Estimating net survival in population-based cancer studies

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 133, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 519-521

  Dickman, Paul W ^a   Lambert, Paul C ^a,b   Coviello, Enzo ^c   Rutherford, Mark J ^b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

^c Epidemiology Unit   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; HUMAN; LETTER; LONG TERM SURVIVAL; METHODOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARDIZATION; SURVIVAL TIME;

FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MODELS, STATISTICAL; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84877813494     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.28041     Document Type: Letter

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