Cancer survival in five continents: a worldwide population-based study (CONCORD)

P. Coleman, Michel; Quaresma, Manuela; Berrino, Franco; Lutz, Jean-Michel; De Angelis, Roberta; Capocaccia, Riccardo; Baili, Paolo; Rachet, Bernard; Gatta, Gemma; Hakulinen, Timo; Micheli, Andrea; Sant, Milena; K. Weir, Hannah; Elwood, Mark; Tsukuma, Hideaki; Koifman, Sérgio; Azevedo e Silva, Gulnar; Francisci, Silvia; Santaquilani, Mariano; Verdecchia, Arduino; H. Storm, Hans; L. Young, John

doi:10.1016/s1470-2045(08)70179-7

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Cancer survival in five continents: a worldwide population-based study (CONCORD)

Published in The Lancet Oncology • Jul 18, 2008

Authors:

Michel P. Coleman

Manuela Quaresma

Franco Berrino

Abstract

BACKGROUND: Cancer survival varies widely between countries. The CONCORD study provides survival estimates for 1.9 million adults (aged 15-99 years) diagnosed with a first, primary, invasive cancer of the breast (women), colon, rectum, or prostate during 1990-94 and followed up to 1999, by use of in...

Subject

Relative survival

Medicine

Demography

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