The impact of life tables adjusted for smoking on the socio-economic difference in net survival for laryngeal and lung cancer

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 111, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 195-202

  Ellis, L ^a   Coleman, M P ^a   Rachet, B ^a  

^a LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

life tables; malignancy; net survival; smoking

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; LARYNX CANCER; LIFE TABLE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; LIFE TABLES; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SMOKING; SOCIAL CLASS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84904127696     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.2014.217     Document Type: Article

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