Product Description: The CD-ROM contains cancer incidence data from around 200 population-based cancer registries world-wide for the period 1953-1997 that were published in the eight volumes of the Cancer Incidence in Five Continents (CI5) series. The data are stored in the traditional form of number of cases by sex, five-year age group, and cancer (no individual records)...read more

Product Description: Our knowledge of the geographic and ethnic patterns of cancer in the African continent is limited. There is an almost entire lack of valid mortality statistics by cause, and few registries have published incidence data in readily accessible sources--for example, the Cancer Incidence in Five Continents series...read more

Product Description: The aim of the “Cancer Incidence in Five Continents” series is to present data on cancer incidence from reliable registries in a standardized way so that comparisons between geographical areas and ethnic groups may be made with confidence...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: A key part of IARC's mission is to provide accurate, high-quality data on the burden of cancer worldwide. For over 25 years, the Scientific Publications series has presented these data in print. The IARC CancerBases, launched in December 1996, now allow direct access to IARC's extensive cancer databases in an electronic format...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: The "Cancer Incidence in Five Continents" series presents data on cancer incidence in a standardized format for every area in the world from which it is possible to obtain reliable figures. Volume V, published in 1987, included data from population based cancer registries covering 137 populations in 36 countries...read more