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Quality, comparability and methods of analysis of data on childhood cancer in Europe (1978-1997): report from the Automated Childhood Cancer Information System project.

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A database to study incidence and survival of children and adolescents with cancer in Europe and the quality and internal comparability of the database is described and evaluated, by geographical region, period of registration, type of registry and other characteristics.
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This article is published in European Journal of Cancer.The article was published on 2006-09-01. It has received 125 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Population.

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International incidence of childhood cancer, 2001-10 a population-based registry study

Eva Steliarova-Foucher, +229 more
- 01 Jun 2017 - 
TL;DR: This unique global source of childhood cancer incidence will be used for aetiological research and to inform public health policy, potentially contributing towards attaining several targets of the Sustainable Development Goals.
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Epidemiology of childhood cancer.

TL;DR: The present contribution reports childhood cancer incidence and survival rates as well as time trends and geographical variation based on the databases of population-based cancer registries which joined forces in cooperative projects such as Automated Childhood Cancer Information System (ACCIS) and EUROCARE.
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Methotrexate, Doxorubicin, and Cisplatin (MAP) Plus Maintenance Pegylated Interferon Alfa-2b Versus MAP Alone in Patients With Resectable High-Grade Osteosarcoma and Good Histologic Response to Preoperative MAP: First Results of the EURAMOS-1 Good Response Randomized Controlled Trial

TL;DR: Investigation of maintenance therapy with pegylated interferon alfa-2b in patients whose osteosarcoma showed good histologic response (good response) to induction chemotherapy found that MAP plus IFN-α-2B was not statistically different from MAP alone.
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Using Epidemiology and Genomics to Understand Osteosarcoma Etiology

TL;DR: The epidemiology of osteosarcoma as well as its known and suspected risk factors are reviewed in an effort to gain insight into its etiology.
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Cancer Incidence in Five Continents

TL;DR: The aim of this study was to establish a database of histological groups and to provide a level of consistency and quality of data that could be applied in the design of future registries.
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Design and analysis of randomized clinical trials requiring prolonged observation of each patient. II. analysis and examples.

TL;DR: Efficient methods of analysis of randomized clinical trials in which the authors wish to compare the duration of survival among different groups of patients are described.
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International Classification of Diseases for Oncology

TL;DR: This list of diseases for oncology includes cancers of the central nervous system, as well as other types of diseases such as lymphoma, leukaemia, and so on.
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