Assessing progress in reducing the burden of cancer mortality, 1985-2005

Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 444-448

  Soneji, Samir ^a,b   Beltrán Sánchez, Hiram ^c   Sox, Harold C ^a  

^a DARTMOUTH MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b NORRIS COTTON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c HARVARD CENTER FOR POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT STUDIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CAUSE OF DEATH; DEATH CERTIFICATE; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; LIFE TABLE; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PROGNOSIS; RACE; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE; TIME; UNITED STATES;

AGE FACTORS; CAUSE OF DEATH; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; DEATH CERTIFICATES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LIFE TABLES; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SEER PROGRAM; SEX FACTORS; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84897578308     PISSN: 0732183X     EISSN: 15277755     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1200/JCO.2013.50.8952     Document Type: Article

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