The global decrease in cancer mortality: Trends and disparities

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2016, Pages 926-933

  Hashim, Dana ^a   Boffetta, P ^a   La Vecchia, C ^b   Rota, M ^c   Bertuccio, P ^b   Malvezzi, M ^b,c   Negri, E ^c  

^a MOUNT SINAI SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^c MARIO NEGRI INSTITUTE FOR PHARMACOLOGICAL RESEARCH   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer; Data collection standards; Global health; Mortality; Registries standards; Vital statistics

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ASIAN; AUSTRALIA; BELARUS; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CHILE; COLORECTAL CANCER; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPEAN; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HONG KONG; HUMAN; HUNGARY; JAPAN; KOREA; KUWAIT; LATIN AMERICAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; MALE; MOLDOVA; NETHERLANDS; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH AMERICAN; PACIFIC ISLANDS; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; STOMACH CANCER; UKRAINE; UNITED STATES; USSR; UTERUS CANCER; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION; EUROPE; LIVER TUMOR; LUNG TUMOR; MORTALITY; NEOPLASM; PATHOLOGY; TRENDS;

EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LIVER NEOPLASMS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MALE; MORTALITY; NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 84964766145     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdw027     Document Type: Article

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