To the Editor: We read with interest a report based on SEER data, in the CCG Quarterly, Newsletter, Summer 1999, which suggested that the decline in cancer mortality in young people in North America would stop by 2010 if the current trend continues . However, we consider that there may be an altern
Commentary: Ominous trend in childhood cancer mortality?
β Scribed by Ross, Julie A. ;Davies, Stella M.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2001
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 38 KB
- Volume
- 36
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0098-1532
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