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Years of life lost as a measure of cancer burden on a national level

BACKGROUND: The severity of cancers is often measured in number of deaths. However, number of years of life lost (YLL) may be a more appropriate indicator of impact on society. Here we have calculated the YLL of adult cancers in Norway for the year 2012, as well as for the previous 15-year period. M...

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Autores principales: Brustugun, O T, Møller, B, Helland, Å
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4150272/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24983370
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/bjc.2014.364