Trends in the survival of patients with nasopharyngeal carcinoma between 1976 and 2005 in Sihui, China: A population-based study

Chinese Journal of Cancer

Volumn 32, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 325-333

  Liu, Qing ^a   Chen, Jin Ou ^b   Huang, Qi Hong ^c   Li, Yan Hua ^c  

^a SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY CANCER CENTER   (China)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Sihui Institute of Cancer   (China)

Author keywords

Nasopharyngeal carcinoma; Relative survival; Survival; Time trend

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHINA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREDICTION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TREND STUDY; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

ADULT; CARCINOMA; CHINA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NASOPHARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84878946942     PISSN: 1000467X     EISSN: 1944446X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5732/cjc.012.10189     Document Type: Article

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