Cancer survival among First Nations people of Ontario, Canada (1968-2007)

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 136, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 639-645

  Nishri, E Diane ^a   Sheppard, Amanda J ^b,c   Withrow, Diana R ^a,c   Marrett, Loraine D ^a,c  

^a CANCER CARE ONTARIO   (Canada)

^b HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; First Nations; Neoplasm; North American Indians; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BREAST CANCER; CANADA; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUSE SPECIFIC SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; FIRST NATION; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH DISPARITY; HUMAN; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PROSTATE CANCER; REVIEW; SURVIVAL RATE; TREND STUDY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; TIME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; ONTARIO; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84911001487     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.29024     Document Type: Review

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