The European Cancer Observatory: A new data resource

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1131-1143

  Steliarova Foucher, Eva ^a   O'Callaghan, Mark ^b   Ferlay, Jacques ^a   Masuyer, Eric ^a   Rosso, Stefano ^c   Forman, David ^a   Bray, Freddie ^a   Comber, Harry ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^b NATIONAL CANCER REGISTRY IRELAND   (Ireland)

^c Piedmont Cancer Registry   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer; Estimates; Europe; Incidence; Mortality; Prevalence; Registry; Survival; Website

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER STATISTICS; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EUROPE; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERNET; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; VERY ELDERLY; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; COMPUTER INTERFACE; FACTUAL DATABASE; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SUPPLY AND DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DATABASES, FACTUAL; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; USER-COMPUTER INTERFACE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84929836521     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: 18790852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2014.01.027     Document Type: Article

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