Survival of adults with acute lymphoblastic leukemia in Germany and the United States

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Pulte, Dianne ^a,b   Jansen, Lina ^a   Gondos, Adam ^a   Katalinic, Alexander ^c   Barnes, Benjamin ^d   Ressing, Meike ^e   Holleczek, Bernd ^f   Eberle, Andrea ^g   Brenner, Hermann ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b THOMAS JEFFERSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^d ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^e JOHANNES GUTENBERG UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^f SAARLAND CANCER REGISTRY   (Germany)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACUTE LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX DIFFERENCE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRECURSOR CELL LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA-LYMPHOMA; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84899965720     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0085554     Document Type: Article

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