Cancer incidence and prevalence in Isfahan: Application of mortality data to estimates and projects for the period 2001-2015

Cancer incidence and prevalence in Isfahan: Application of mortality data to estimates and projects for the period 2001-2015

Background: The aim of this study was to show up-to-date estimates of incidence and prevalence in Isfahan for all cancers, except non-melanoma skin cancer over the period 2001-2010 to provide projections up to 2015, based on a statistical method that uses mortality and cancer patients′ survival data...

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Main Authors: Mohammad Reza Maracy, Farhad Moradpour, Sayed Mohsen Hosseini, Maryam Tirani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2012-01-01
Series:International Journal of Preventive Medicine
Subjects:
Cancer
incidence
mortality
prevalence
relative survival
Online Access:http://www.ijpvmjournal.net/article.asp?issn=2008-7802;year=2012;volume=3;issue=12;spage=867;epage=874;aulast=Maracy

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