European Journal of Cancer
Volume 45, Issue 6 , Pages 1080-1094 , April 2009

Multiple tumours in survival estimates

  • Stefano Rosso

      Affiliations

    • CPO – Piedmont Cancer Registry, via San Francesco da Paola 31, 10123 Torino, Italy
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author: Tel.: +39 011 5665351; fax: +39 011 5665362.
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  • Roberta De Angelis

      Affiliations

    • National Centre for Epidemiology, Surveillance and Health Promotion, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161, Rome, Italy
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  • Laura Ciccolallo

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive and Predictive Medicine, Fondazione IRCSS “Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori”, Via Venezian, 1, 20133 Milan, Italy
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  • Eugenio Carrani

      Affiliations

    • Data Analysis Centre, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
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  • Isabelle Soerjomataram

      Affiliations

    • Data Analysis Centre, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
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  • Enrico Grande

      Affiliations

    • National Centre for Epidemiology, Surveillance and Health Promotion, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Viale Regina Elena 299, 00161, Rome, Italy
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  • Giulia Zigon

      Affiliations

    • Department of Preventive and Predictive Medicine, Fondazione IRCSS “Istituto Nazionale dei Tumori”, Via Venezian, 1, 20133 Milan, Italy
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  • Hermann Brenner

      Affiliations

    • Department of Public Health, Erasmus MC, P.O. Box 2040, 3000 CA, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
    • Division of Clinical Epidemiology and Aging Research, German Cancer Research Centre, Bergheimer Strasse 20, Heidelberg, Germany
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  • the EUROCARE Working Group

Received 17 June 2008 ,Revised 17 October 2008 ,Accepted 5 November 2008.

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doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2008.11.030

European Journal of Cancer
Volume 45, Issue 6 , Pages 1080-1094 , April 2009

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