Cancer survival in European adolescents and young adults.

@article{Gatta2003CancerSI,
  title={Cancer survival in European adolescents and young adults.},
  author={Gemma Gatta and Riccardo Capocaccia and Roberta de Angelis and Charles A. Stiller and Jan Willem Coebergh},
  journal={European journal of cancer},
  year={2003},
  volume={39 18},
  pages={
          2600-10
        }
}

• Gemma Gatta, Riccardo Capocaccia, +2 authors Jan Willem Coebergh
• Published 2003 in European journal of cancer

Survival of patients aged 15-24 years, diagnosed with cancer during the period of 1990-1994, is described within Europe. Data on 15101 patients, extracted from the files of the 56 adult cancer registries included in the EUROCARE-3 database, representing 20 European countries, were analysed and compared. Five-year survival for 'all cancers combined' was 75% in males (ranging from 59% in Estonia to 89% in Iceland), and 78% in females (ranging from 59% in Estonia to 89% in Norway). The Northern… CONTINUE READING

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