Incidence and survival of rare urogenital cancers in Europe

Visser, O; Adolfsson, J; Rossi, S; Verne, J; Gatta, G; Maffezzini, M; Franks, K N; RARECARE Working group

doi:10.1016/j.ejca.2011.10.031

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English

Incidence and survival of rare urogenital cancers in Europe

ContributorsVisser, O; Adolfsson, J; Rossi, S; Verne, J; Gatta, G; Maffezzini, M; Franks, K N; RARECARE Working group

CollaboratorsUsel, Massimo

Published inEuropean journal of cancer, vol. 48, no. 4, p. 456-464

Publication date2012

Abstract

The RARECARE project aims at increasing knowledge of rare cancers in Europe. This manuscript describes the epidemiology (incidence, prevalence, survival) of rare urogenital cancers, taking into account the morphological characterisation of these tumours.

Keywords

Adenocarcinoma/epidemiology/mortality
Aged
Aged, 80 and over
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell/epidemiology/mortality
Carcinoma, Transitional Cell/epidemiology/mortality
Europe/epidemiology
Female
Humans
Incidence
Male
Middle Aged
Prevalence
Rare Diseases/epidemiology/mortality
Urogenital Neoplasms/epidemiology/mortality

Affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de santé et médecine communautaires / Institut de santé globale / Registre genevois des tumeurs

Research groups

Groupe Bouchardy Magnin Christine (Registre genevois des tumeurs) (532)

Citation (ISO format)

VISSER, O et al. Incidence and survival of rare urogenital cancers in Europe. In: European journal of cancer, 2012, vol. 48, n° 4, p. 456–464. doi: 10.1016/j.ejca.2011.10.031

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Identifiers

PID : unige:44622
DOI : 10.1016/j.ejca.2011.10.031
PMID : 22119351

Journal ISSN0959-8049

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Incidence and survival of rare urogenital cancers in Europe

The RARECARE project aims at increasing knowledge of rare cancers in Europe. This manuscript describes the epidemiology (incidence, prevalence, survival) of rare urogenital cancers, taking into account the morphological characterisation of these tumours.

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