Age-specific differences in the diagnostics and treatment of cancer patients aged 50 years and older in the province of Limburg, The Netherlands.

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Published in Ann Oncol on September 01, 1996

Authors

J M de Rijke1, L J Schouten, H C Schouten, J J Jager, A G Koppejan, P A van den Brandt

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Cancer Registration and Epidemiology, Comprehensive Cancer Centre Limburg IKL, Maastricht, The Netherlands.

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