Prognostic Factors in Cancer
M. K. Gospodarowicz, P. Hermanek, and D. E. Henson Attention to innovations in cancer treatment has tended to eclipse the importance of prognostic assessment. However, the recognition that prognostic factors often have a greater impact on outcome than ava
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Prognostic Factors in Cancer
Edited by P. Hermanek, M.K. Gospodarowicz, D.E. Henson, R.Y.P. Hutter, L.H. Sobin
With 14 Figures and 60 Tables
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Professor Dr. Dr. h.c. P. Hermanek Vorstand der Abteilung fUr Klinische Patho1ogie i. R. Chirurgische Universitiitsklinik Erlangen Krankenhausstr. 12,91054 Erlangen, FRG Dr. Mary K. Gospodarowicz Princess Margaret Hospital, Department of Radiation Oncology University of Toronto, 500 Sherbourne Street Toronto, Ontario M4X 1K9, Canada Dr. D.E. Henson Early Detection Branch, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control National Cancer Institute, EPN Building, Room 305 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892, USA Dr. R.V.P. Hutter Clinical Professor of Pathology University of Medicine and Dentistry New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ Department of Pathology, Saint Barnabas Medical Center Old Short Hills Road, Livingston, NJ 07039, USA Dr. L.H. Sobin Professor of Pathology Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences Bethesda, MD Division of Gastrointestinal Pathology Armed Forces Institute of Pathology, Washington, DC 20306, USA Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Prognostic factors in cancer I edited by P. Hennanek '" let al.]. p. crn. "UICC, International Union Against Cancer - Union Internationale Contre Ie Cancer" --Po preceding t. p. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN-13:978-3-540-58688-3 1. Cancer--Prognosis. I. Hermanek, Paul. II. International Union against Cancer. [DNLM: 1. Neoplasms--diagnosis. 2. Prognosis. 3. Neoplasm Staging. 4. Survival Rate. QZ 241 P964 1996] RC262.P688 1995 616.99'4075--dc20 95-19216
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