Survival and mortality rates of Wilms tumour in Southern and Eastern European countries: Socioeconomic differentials compared with the United States of America

Doganis, Dimitrios; Panagopoulou, Paraskevi; Tragiannidis, Athanasios; Vichos, Theodoros; Moschovi, Maria; Polychronopoulou, Sofia; Rigatou, Efthimia; Papakonstantinou, Eugenia; Stiakaki, Eftichia; Dana, Helen; Bouka, Panagiota; Antunes, Luis; Bastos, Joana; Coza, Daniela; Demetriou, Anna; Agius, Domenic; Eser, SULTAN; Ryzhov, Anton; Sekerija, Mario; Trojanowski, Maciej; Zagar, Tina; Zborovskaya, Anna; Perisic, Snezana; Strantzia, Katerina; Dessypris, Nick; Psaltopoulou, Theodora; Petridou, Eleni

doi:10.1016/j.ejca.2018.06.012

Survival and mortality rates of Wilms tumour in Southern and Eastern European countries: Socioeconomic differentials compared with the United States of America

Doganis D., Panagopoulou P., Tragiannidis A., Vichos T., Moschovi M., Polychronopoulou S., ...More

EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CANCER, vol.101, pp.38-46, 2018 (Journal Indexed in SCI)

Publication Type: Article / Article
Volume: 101
Publication Date: 2018
Doi Number: 10.1016/j.ejca.2018.06.012
Title of Journal : EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF CANCER
Page Numbers: pp.38-46

Abstract

Background: Despite recent therapeutic advancements, Wilms tumour (WT) presents remarkable survival variations. We explored mortality and survival patterns for children (0-14 years) with WT in 12 Southern and Eastern European (SEE) countries in comparison with the United States of America (USA).