Socioeconomic status, area remoteness, and survival from childhood leukemia: Results from the Nationwide Registry for Childhood Hematological Malignancies in Greece

European Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 473-479

  Sergentanis, Theodoros ^a   Dessypris, Nick ^a   Kanavidis, Prodromos ^a   Skalkidis, Ilias ^b   Baka, Margarita ^c   Polychronopoulou, Sophia ^a   Athanassiadou, Fani ^d   Stiakaki, Eftichia ^f   Frangandrea, Ioanna ^e   Moschovi, Maria ^a   Petridou, Eleni T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^c Pan and Agl Kyriakou Children's Hospital   (Greece)

^d ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^e Aristotle University and Hippokration General Hospital   (Greece)

^f UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

Author keywords

Childhood leukemia; Marital status; Remoteness; Socioeconomic status; Survival

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHILD; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; FAMILY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GREECE; HOUSEHOLD; HUMAN; INFANT; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MATERNAL AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL STATUS; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; TRAVEL; URBAN AREA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; GREECE; HEALTH SERVICES ACCESSIBILITY; HEMATOLOGIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; LEUKEMIA; MALE; REGISTRIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL CLASS; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84882281228     PISSN: 09598278     EISSN: 14735709     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CEJ.0b013e32835c7f69     Document Type: Article

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