Cancer in Europe: Death sentence or life sentence?

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 65, Issue , 2016, Pages 150-155

  Liu, Lifang ^a   O'Donnell, Peter ^b   Sullivan, Richard ^c   Katalinic, Alexander ^d   Moser, Lotte ^e   de Boer, Angela ^f   Meunier, Francoise ^a  

^a EORTC DATA CENTER   (Belgium)

^b POLITICO   (Belgium)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LÜBECK   (Germany)

^e CHAMPALIMAUD FOUNDATION   (Portugal)

^f Amsterdam Public Health research institute   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Data merging; Long term survivorship; Social economic impact; Survivor summit

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SURVIVOR; CANCER THERAPY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPE; HUMAN; LIFE; LIFE SENTENCE; NEOPLASM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUNISHMENT; SOCIETY; ADULT; CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVOR;

ADULT; CHILD; EMPLOYMENT; EUROPE; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION; SOCIAL SUPPORT; SURVIVORS;

EID: 84980349682     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: 18790852     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2016.07.007     Document Type: Article

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