The incidence and survival rate of population-based pancreatic cancer patients: Shanghai Cancer Registry 2004-2009.

BACKGROUND: Pancreatic cancer is a devastating disease with dismal prognosis. Large population-based evidence on its survival rate and influence factors is lacking in China. OBJECTIVE: This study aimed to depict the demographic factors, tumor characteristics, incidence rate and survival rate of panc...

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Main Authors: Jianfeng Luo, Linhai Xiao, Chunxiao Wu, Ying Zheng, Naiqing Zhao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3794034?pdf=render