Childhood cancer survival in Finland (1953-2010): A nation-wide population-based study

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 135, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 2129-2134

  Madanat Harjuoja, L M ^a   Pokhrel, A ^a   Kivivuori, S M ^b   Saarinen Pihkala, U M ^b  

^a FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

^b HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

childhood cancer; population based; registry; survival

Indexed keywords

AGE; BONE TUMOR; BRAIN TUMOR; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM TUMOR; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; DATA PROCESSING; FINLAND; FOLLOW UP; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; LEUKEMIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEUROBLASTOMA; NEWBORN; NONHODGKIN LYMPHOMA; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SOFT TISSUE SARCOMA; SURVIVAL RATE; TREND STUDY;

CHILDHOOD CANCER; POPULATION-BASED; REGISTRY; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; FINLAND; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84906268077     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.28844     Document Type: Review

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