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Record Nr.

UNINA9910699628703321

Titolo

Cancer survival among adults [[electronic resource] ] : U.S. SEER program, 1988-2001 : patient and tumor characteristics / / edited by Lynn A. Gloeckler Ries ... [and others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Bethesda, MD] : , : [U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, National Cancer Institute], , 2007

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (286 pages) : illustrations, portraits

Collana

SEER survival monograph

NIH publication ; ; no. 07-6215

Altri autori (Persone)

RiesLynn A. Gloeckler

Soggetti

Neoplasms - mortality

Survival Rate

Survivors - statistics & numerical data

Cancer - United States

Cancer - Mortality - United States

Statistics.

United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from resource title page (NCI, viewed April 20, 2010).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Introduction -- Cancers of the head and neck -- Digestive cancers -- Cancers of the esophagus, stomach, and small intestine -- Cancers of the colon and rectum -- Cancer of the anus -- Cancers of the liver and biliary tract -- Cancer of the pancreas -- Cancer of the larynx -- Cancer of the lung -- Cancers of the bone and joint -- Sarcomas -- Melanoma -- Cancer of the female breast -- Female gynecologic cancers -- Cancer of the cervix uteri -- Cancer of the corpus uteri -- Cancer of the ovary -- Cancer of the placenta -- Cancer of the vulva -- Cancer of the vagina -- Cancer of the fallopian tube -- Cancer of the testis -- Cancer of the prostate -- Cancer of the urinary bladder -- Cancers of the kidney and renal pelvis -- Cancer of the brain and other central nervous system -- Cancer of the thyroid -- Hodgkin lymphoma -- Non-Hodgkin lymphoma -- Leukemia -- Cancers of rare sites -- Race and ethnicity .