Time trends in survival from cancer of unknown primary: Small steps forward

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 49, Issue 10, 2013, Pages 2403-2410

  Riihimaki M ^a,b   Hemminki, A ^c   Sundquist, K ^b,d   Hemminki, K ^a,b  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^d STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer of unknown primary; CUP; Survival; Trend

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILIARY TRACT CANCER; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER OF UNKNOWN PRIMARY SITE; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUSE OF DEATH; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; OVARY CANCER; PELVIS CANCER; PERITONEUM CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL TIME; TREND STUDY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; CAUSE OF DEATH; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; NEOPLASMS, UNKNOWN PRIMARY; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL RATE; SWEDEN; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84878395606     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: 18790852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2013.02.022     Document Type: Article

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