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| Gerda EngholmSummaryAffiliation: Danish Cancer Society Country: Denmark Publications
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NORDCAN--a Nordic tool for cancer information, planning, quality control and researchGerda Engholm
NORDCAN Secretariat, Department of Cancer Prevention and Documentation, Danish Cancer Society, Strandboulevarden 49, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
Acta Oncol 49:725-36. 2010....- Trends in the survival of patients diagnosed with cancer in the Nordic countries 1964-2003 followed up to the end of 2006. Material and methodsGerda Engholm
Department of Cancer Prevention and Documentation, Danish Cancer Society, Strandboulevarden 49, Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
Acta Oncol 49:545-60. 2010..nu). In the continued spirit of Nordic collaborative research, a number of studies examining trends in cancer survival are published in this journal... - Trends in the survival of patients diagnosed with kidney or urinary bladder cancer in the Nordic countries 1964-2003 followed up to the end of 2006Gerda Engholm
Department of Cancer Prevention and Documentation, Danish Cancer Society, Strandboulevarden 49, Copenhagen, Denmark
Acta Oncol 49:655-64. 2010..Comparison of bladder cancer over time and between Nordic registries is complicated by variable coding practices with respect to the inclusion of in situ cases with invasive tumours... - Trends in the overall survival of cancer patients diagnosed 1964-2003 in the Nordic countries followed up to the end of 2006: the importance of case-mixHans H Storm
Department of Cancer Prevention and Documentation, Danish Cancer Society, Strandboulevarden 49, Copenhagen, Denmark
Acta Oncol 49:713-24. 2010.... - Survival of patients diagnosed with cancer in the Nordic countries up to 1999-2003 followed to the end of 2006. A critical overview of the resultsHans H Storm
Department of Cancer Prevention and Documentation, Danish Cancer Society, Strandboulevarden 49, Copenhagen, Denmark
Acta Oncol 49:532-44. 2010..Elucidation of the differences is important when monitoring cancer care generally and evaluating the impact of cancer plans... - Trends in the survival of patients diagnosed with malignant neoplasms of lymphoid, haematopoietic, and related tissue in the Nordic countries 1964-2003 followed up to the end of 2006Hans H Storm
Department of Cancer Prevention and Documentation, Danish Cancer Society, Strandboulevarden 49, Copenhagen, Denmark
Acta Oncol 49:694-712. 2010..The aim of this study is to describe and interpret the trends in relative survival and excess mortality in the five Nordic populations among these patients... - Social inequality and incidence of and survival from lung cancer in a population-based study in Denmark, 1994-2003Susanne Oksbjerg Dalton
Institute of Cancer Epidemiology, Danish Cancer Society, Strandboulevarden 49, DK 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
Eur J Cancer 44:1989-95. 2008..The relative 5-year survival after lung cancer was similarly low in most groups, 8% for men and 9% for women, except for groups of patients living in small apartments, with unknown tenure or schizophrenia and for divorced or single men... - Social inequality and incidence of and survival from cancer in a population-based study in Denmark, 1994-2003: Background, aims, material and methodsSusanne Oksbjerg Dalton
Institute of Cancer Epidemiology, Danish Cancer Society, Strandboulevarden 49, DK 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
Eur J Cancer 44:1938-49. 2008..22 million persons, yielding almost 26 million person-years and 147,973 cancers. In this paper, we provide a detailed description of the indicators and the statistical methods, and we discuss the strengths and limitations of our approach... - Social inequality in incidence of and survival from cancer in a population-based study in Denmark, 1994-2003: Summary of findingsSusanne Oksbjerg Dalton
Institute of Cancer Epidemiology, Danish Cancer Society, Strandboulevarden 49, DK 2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark
Eur J Cancer 44:2074-85. 2008..Our study shows that inequalities in cancer incidence and survival must be addressed in all aspects of public health, with interventions both to reduce incidence and to prolong survival... - Survival of ovarian cancer patients in Denmark: excess mortality risk analysis of five-year relative survival in the period 1978-2002Charlotte Gerd Hannibal
Department of Viruses, Hormones and Cancer, Institute of Cancer Epidemiology, Danish Cancer Society, Copenhagen, Denmark
Acta Obstet Gynecol Scand 87:1353-60. 2008..To explore the variation in ovarian cancer survival in Denmark in the period 1978-2002 in relation to time since diagnosis, age at diagnosis, period of diagnosis, stage and histology... - Risk of second primary cancer among patients with early operable breast cancer registered or randomised in Danish Breast Cancer cooperative Group (DBCG) protocols of the 77, 82 and 89 programmes during 1977-2001Michael Andersson
Department of Oncology, Finsen Centre, Rigshospitalet University Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
Acta Oncol 47:755-64. 2008..Ovary cancer risk was inversely related to age at diagnosis but not to treatment and corpus uteri cancer risk related to tamoxifen treatment, relative risk 1.57. The findings are in accordance to other population based studies... - Colorectal cancer survival in the Nordic countries and the United Kingdom: excess mortality risk analysis of 5 year relative period survival in the period 1999 to 2000Gerda Engholm
Department of Cancer Prevention and Documentation, Danish Cancer Society, Copenhagen, Denmark
Int J Cancer 121:1115-22. 2007..Use of more detailed age-intervals than conventionally applied in survival studies proved to be important in statistical modelling and is recommended for future studies... - [Survival of Danish cancer patients 1995-2006]Hans Henrik Storm
Afdeling for Forebyggelse og Dokumentation, Kraeftens Bekaempelse, Strandboulevarden 49, 2100 København Ø, Denmark
Ugeskr Laeger 172:2213-7. 2010..Improved one- and three-year survival was seen after the initiation of the National Cancer Control Plan in year 2000. Short follow-up and lack of five-year survival called for an update with more data... - Marriage and divorce among childhood cancer survivorsSusanne Vinkel Koch
Section of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Pediatric Clinic II, Juliane Marie Center, University Hospital, Rigshospitalet and Institute of Gynecology, Obstetrics and Pediatrics, Medical Faculty, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
J Pediatr Hematol Oncol 33:500-5. 2011..Mental deficits after cranial irradiation are likely to be the major risk factor... - Does stage at diagnosis explain the difference in survival after breast cancer in Denmark and Sweden?Anni Ravnsbaek Jensen
Centre for Cancer Documentation, Department of Experimental Clinical Oncology, Danish Cancer Society, Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark
Acta Oncol 43:719-26. 2004..001). Reanalysis without screening-detected patients only slightly affected the impact of region. It was concluded that early detection had significant impact on survival but other regional differences might be of importance... - Waterpipe use predicts progression to regular cigarette smoking among Danish youthPoul Dengsoe Jensen
Department of Documentation and Prevention, Danish Cancer Society, Copenhagen, Denmark
Subst Use Misuse 45:1245-61. 2010..Further research should examine waterpipe smoking as a potential predictor of cigarette smoking. The study's limitations are noted... - Study design, exposure variables, and socioeconomic determinants of participation in Diet, Cancer and Health: a population-based prospective cohort study of 57,053 men and women in DenmarkAnne Tjønneland
Danish Cancer Society, Institute of Cancer Epidemiology, Copenhagen, Denmark
Scand J Public Health 35:432-41. 2007..The aims of this paper are to give a description of the study design, measurement procedures, and differences between participants and non-participants with special reference to socioeconomic characteristics... - [Relative survival of Danish cancer patients diagnosed 1981 to 1997 and followed to 2001. A status report]Hans H Storm
Dokumentationscenteret, Forebyggelses og Dokumentationsafdelingen, Kraeftens Bekaempelse, Strandboulevarden 49, DK 2100 København Ø
Ugeskr Laeger 164:2855-64. 2002..Based on this estimation and on Nordic and international survival comparisons, a national cancer plan was formulated in order to improve the poor relative survival in Danish cancer patients as compared to other Nordic countries... - [Social inequality and incidence of and survival from cancer in Denmark--secondary publication]Susanne Oksbjerg Dalton
Kraeftens Bekaempelse, Institut for Epidemiologisk Kraeftforskning og Afdeling for Forebyggelse and Dokumentation, København Ø, Denmark
Ugeskr Laeger 172:691-6. 2010..Social inequality in the prognosis of most cancers was observed, with poorer relative survival related to fewer advantages, often most pronounced in the first year after diagnosis... - [Cancer survival before and after initiating the Danish Cancer Control plan]Hans Henrik Storm
Forebyggelse og Dokumentation, Kraeftens Bekaempelse, DK 2100 København Ø
Ugeskr Laeger 170:3065-9. 2008..Has there been a visible effect on cancer survival after the launch of the first cancer control plan in year 2000?.. - Leaving home after cancer in childhood: a measure of social independence in early adulthoodSusanne Vinkel Koch
Section of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, Pediatric Clinic II, Juliane Marie Center, University Hospital, H:S Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
Pediatr Blood Cancer 47:61-70. 2006..97). CONCLUSION: Overall, the psychosocial effects of cancer in childhood or adolescence and its treatment on the survivor and family did not appear to impede social independence in early adulthood, except for survivors of CNS tumors... - Increased suicide risk among Danish women with non-melanoma skin cancer, 1971-1999Marie-Louise Muff Christensen
Department of Cancer Prevention and Documentation, Danish Cancer Society, Copenhagen, Denmark
Eur J Cancer Prev 15:266-8. 2006..The increased risk might be associated with a different personality type in this cancer group... - Depleted uranium and cancer in Danish Balkan veterans deployed 1992-2001Hans H Storm
Danish Cancer Society, Cancer Prevention and Documentation, Strandboulevarden 49, DK 2100, Copenhagen, Denmark
Eur J Cancer 42:2355-8. 2006..Quick and open communication about potential risks, a health check, a telephone counselling line and careful monitoring, and diminished anxiety all helped contain the 'Balkan syndrome' in Denmark... - Improved survival of Danish cancer patients 2007-2009 compared with earlier periodsHans Henrik Storm
Cancer Prevention and Documentation, Danish Cancer Society, Strandboulevarden 49, 2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
Dan Med Bull 58:A4346. 2011..On the basis of data from 2007-2009, we studied the trend in 1-year survival after the introduction of the 2005 plan... - Income inequality, individual income, and mortality in Danish adults: analysis of pooled data from two cohort studiesMerete Osler
Department of Social Medicine, Copenhagen Center of Prospective Population Studies, Institute of Public Health, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 3, 2200 N, Denmark, Copenhagen
BMJ 324:13-6. 2002..To analyse the association between area income inequality and mortality after adjustment for individual income and other established risk factors... - Mortality in relation to early retirement in Denmark: a population-based studyThomas Quaade
Centre for Research in Health and Social Statistics, The Danish National Research Foundation, Copenhagen, Denmark
Scand J Public Health 30:216-22. 2002..Disability benefit (førtidspension) was granted for health reasons mainly, while early retirement benefit (efterløn) was earned through long-term membership of an unemployment benefit scheme...