Less pitfalls and variation in population based cancer survival comparisons within the European Union: Lessons from colorectal cancer patients in neighbouring regions in Denmark and Germany - The Fehmarn Belt project

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 51, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1188-1198

  Storm, Hans H ^a   Engholm, Gerda ^a   Pritzkuleit, Ron ^b   Kejs, Anne Mette T ^a   Katalinic, Alexander ^b   Dunst, Jürgen ^c   Holländer, Niels H ^d  

^a DANISH CANCER SOCIETY RESEARCH CENTER   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN   (Germany)

^d NAESTVED HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cancer control; Cancer registries; Cross border; Follow up; Stage specific; Treatment

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER HORMONE THERAPY; CANCER IMMUNOTHERAPY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLON CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMORBIDITY; DEATH CERTIFICATE; DENMARK; DISEASE SEVERITY; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GENDER; GEOGRAPHY; GERMANY; HUMAN; INTERNATIONAL CLASSIFICATION OF DISEASES; LAW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEW ZEALAND; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PATIENT MOBILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; REGISTRATION; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; COLORECTAL TUMOR; COMPARATIVE STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; SURVIVAL; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DENMARK; EUROPEAN UNION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930222161     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: 18790852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2014.11.006     Document Type: Article

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