Survival among adolescents and young adults with cancer in Germany and the United States: An international comparison

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 133, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 2207-2215

  Gondos, Adam ^a   Hiripi, Eva ^a   Holleczek, Bernd ^b   Luttmann, Sabine ^c   Eberle, Andrea ^c   Brenner, Hermann ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b Population based Cancer Registry of the Saarland   (Germany)

^c LEIBNIZ INSTITUTE FOR PREVENTION RESEARCH AND EPIDEMIOLOGY BIPS   (Germany)

Author keywords

AYA; cancer survival; Germany; USA

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; BLADDER CARCINOMA; BREAST CARCINOMA; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHONDROSARCOMA; CHRONIC MYELOID LEUKEMIA; COLON CARCINOMA; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; DISEASE REGISTRY; EPENDYMOMA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; EWING SARCOMA; GERM CELL TUMOR; GERMANY; GLIOBLASTOMA; HEALTH INSURANCE; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; KAPOSI SARCOMA; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LIP CARCINOMA; LUNG CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MELANOMA; NASOPHARYNX CARCINOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OSTEOSARCOMA; PHARYNX CARCINOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CARCINOMA; STOMACH CARCINOMA; THYROID CARCINOMA; TRACHEA CARCINOMA; TROPHOBLASTIC TUMOR; UNITED STATES; UTERINE CERVIX CARCINOMA; UTERUS CARCINOMA;

AYA; CANCER SURVIVAL; GERMANY; USA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GERMANY; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL AGENCIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84882696869     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.28231     Document Type: Article

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