Childhood cancer survival in Europe 1999-2007: Results of EUROCARE-5-a population-based study

The Lancet Oncology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 35-47

  Gatta, Gemma ^a   Botta, Laura ^a   Rossi, Silvia ^b   Aareleid, Tiiu ^c   Bielska Lasota, Magdalena ^d   Clavel, Jacqueline ^e,f   Dimitrova, Nadya ^h   Jakab, Zsuzsanna ⁱ   Kaatsch, Peter ^j   Lacour, Brigitte ^e,g   Mallone, Sandra ^b   Marcos Gragera, Rafael ^k   Minicozzi, Pamela ^a   Sánchez Pérez, Maria José ^l,m,n   Sant, Milena ^a   Santaquilani, Mariano ^b   Stiller, Charles ^o   Tavilla, Andrea ^b   Trama, Annalisa ^a   Visser, Otto ^p   Peris Bonet, Rafael ^q   more..

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT   (Estonia)

^d NATIONAL MEDICINES INSTITUTE   (Poland)

^e CENTRE FOR RESEARCH IN EPIDEMIOLOGY AND POPULATION HEALTH   (France)

^f National Registry of Childhood Hematological Malignancies   (France)

^g UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NANCY   (France)

^h National Oncology Center Bulgaria   (Bulgaria)

ⁱ SEMMELWEIS UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^j JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^k CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

^l ANDALUSIAN SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Spain)

^m CIBER EPIDEMIOLOGÍA Y SALUD PÚBLICA CIBERESP   (Spain)

ⁿ Granada Health Research Institute ibs GRANADA   (Spain)

^o UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^p Netherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organisation The Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^q UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

more..

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; BURKITT LYMPHOMA; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DELAYED DIAGNOSIS; EASTERN EUROPE; EUROPE; EWING SARCOMA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HODGKIN DISEASE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEPHROBLASTOMA; NEUROBLASTOMA; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OSTEOSARCOMA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROBABILITY; RHABDOMYOSARCOMA;

EID: 84891372811     PISSN: 14702045     EISSN: 14745488     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1470-2045(13)70548-5     Document Type: Article

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