Urologic cancers include malignancies of the genital and the urinary organs of men, and the urinary organs of women. For men in the United States, urologic cancers account for about 25% of all new cases of cancer and about 15% of cancer deaths. For women, cancers of the urinary organs account for 4%
Geographic and environmental factors in pediatric cancer
β Scribed by Leon Gordis
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1986
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 403 KB
- Volume
- 58
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0008-543X
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