Recent trends in incidence of five common cancers in 26 European countries since 1988: Analysis of the European Cancer Observatory

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1164-1187

  Arnold, Melina ^a   Karim Kos, Henrike E ^b   Coebergh, Jan Willem ^b,c   Byrnes, Graham ^a   Antilla, Ahti ^d   Ferlay, Jacques ^a   Renehan, Andrew G ^e   Forman, David ^a   Soerjomataram, Isabelle ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c The Netherlands   (Netherlands)

^d FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cancer registry; Europe epidemiology; Neoplasms; Public health surveillance; Trends

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER CONTROL; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; EASTERN EUROPE; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; SECONDARY PREVENTION; SEX RATIO; SMOKING; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STOMACH CANCER; UTERUS CANCER; WESTERN EUROPE; AGE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; EUROPE; FEMALE; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; REGISTER; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

AGE FACTORS; BREAST NEOPLASMS; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEOPLASMS; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; SEX RATIO; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; UTERINE NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84929844473     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: 18790852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2013.09.002     Document Type: Article

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