Cancer incidence rates and trends among children and adolescents in the United States, 2001-2009

Pediatrics

Volumn 134, Issue 4, 2014, Pages e945-e955

  Siegel, David A ^a   King, Jessica ^b   Tai, Eric ^c   Buchanan, Natasha ^d   Ajani, Umed A ^e   Li, Jun ^d,e  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Surveillance Branch   (United States)

^c Division of Cancer Prevention and Control   (United States)

^d NATIONAL CENTER FOR CHRONIC DISEASE PREVENTION AND HEALTH PROMOTION   (United States)

^e CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

Author keywords

Adolescent; Cancer; Children; Incidence; Pediatric

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADOLESCENT CANCER; ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; AGE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD CANCER; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHY; GERM CELL TUMOR; HUMAN; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE; REVIEW; THYROID CANCER; TREND STUDY; UNITED STATES; CANCER REGISTRY; ETHNOLOGY; HEALTH SURVEY; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; NEOPLASMS; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; REGISTER; TRENDS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEOPLASMS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; SEER PROGRAM; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84925547777     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: 10984275     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.2013-3926     Document Type: Review

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