Unstaged cancer in a population-based registry: Prevalence, predictors and patient prognosis

Cancer Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 498-504

  Gurney, Jason ^a   Sarfati, Diana ^a   Stanley, James ^a   Dennett, Elizabeth ^b   Johnson, Carol ^b   Koea, Jonathan ^c   Simpson, Andrew ^b   Studd, Rodney ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b WELLINGTON HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^c WAITEMATA DISTRICT HEALTH BOARD   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cancer; Register; Registry; Stage; Survival; Unstaged

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS; NEW ZEALAND; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREVALENCE; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84878909210     PISSN: 18777821     EISSN: 1877783X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2013.03.005     Document Type: Article

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