Age-specific cancer incidence rates increase through the oldest age groups

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 348, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 65-70

  Thakkar, Jigisha P ^a   McCarthy, Bridget J ^b   Villano, John L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Epidemiology; Incidence; Mortality

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HUMAN; LYMPHATIC LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENINGIOMA; MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROME; PANCREAS CANCER; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOFT TISSUE TUMOR; STOMACH CANCER; VERY ELDERLY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84903275079     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: 15382990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0000000000000281     Document Type: Article

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