Global and regional estimates of cancer mortality and incidence by site: I. Application of regional cancer survival model to estimate cancer mortality distribution by site

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The Global Burden of Disease 2000 (GBD 2000) study starts from an analysis of the overall mortality envelope in order to ensure that the cause-specific estimates add to the total all cause mortality by age and sex. For regions where...

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Main Authors: Lopez Alan D, Boschi-Pinto Cynthia, Shibuya Kenji, Mathers Colin D, Murray Christopher JL
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2002-12-01
Series:BMC Cancer
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/2/36