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AUTHOR
M. Zarcone
Scattering in Strong Magnetic Fields
Publisher Summary This chapter discusses collision processes in the presence of a strong magnetic field. The chapter deals with the potential scattering in a magnetic field arising in connection with the problem of Bremsstrahlung (“free–free transitions”) of an electron in the field. An expression for the photoionization cross section of a one-electron (hydrogenic) system in a magnetic field is also presented. A different approach is required to the problem of ion–atom collisions in a magnetic field because the collision energy E is generally much greater than hωc. Within the two-state model, not only did the magnetic field modify the bound-state wave functions, but, more importantly, it in…
The EUROCARE-5 study on cancer survival in Europe 1999-2007: Database, quality checks and statistical analysis methods
Abstract Background Since 25 years the EUROCARE study monitors the survival of cancer patients in Europe through centralised collection, quality check and statistical analysis of population-based cancer registries (CRs) data. The European population covered by the study increased remarkably in the latest round. The study design and statistical methods were also changed to improve timeliness and comparability of survival estimates. To interpret the EUROCARE-5 results on adult cancer patients better here we assess the impact of these changes on data quality and on survival comparisons. Methods In EUROCARE-5 the survival differences by area were studied applying the complete cohort approach to…
Italian cancer figures, report 2014: Prevalence and cure of cancer in Italy
This Report intends to estimate the total number of people still alive in 2010 after cancer diagnosis in Italy, regardless of the time since diagnosis, and to project these estimates to 2015. This study is also aimed to estimate the number of already cured cancer patients, whose mortality rates have become undistinguishable from that of the general population of the same age and sex.The study took advantage of the information from the AIRTUM database, which included 29 Cancer Registries (covering 21 million people, 35% of the Italian population). A total of 1,624,533 cancer cases diagnosed between 1976 and 2009 contributed to the study. For each registry, the observed prevalence was calcula…
Age and case mix-standardised survival for all cancer patients in Europe 1999-2007: Results of EUROCARE-5, a population-based study
Background: Overall survival after cancer is frequently used when assessing a health care service’s performance as a whole. It is mainly used by the public, politicians and the media, and is often dismissed by clinicians because of the heterogeneous mix of different cancers, risk factors and treatment modalities. Here we give survival details for all cancers combined in Europe, correlating it with economic variables to suggest reasons for differences. Methods: We computed age and cancer site case- mix standardised relative survival for all cancers combined (ACRS) for 29 countries participating in the EUROCARE-5 project with data on more than 7.5 million cancer cases from 87 population-based…
Urinary tract cancer survival in Europe 1999-2007: Results of the population-based study EUROCARE-5
Abstract Background This work presents relative survival estimates regarding urinary tract tumours among adult patients (age ⩾ 15 years) diagnosed in Europe. It reports on survival estimates of cases diagnosed in 2000–2007, and on survival time trends from 1999–2001 to 2005–2007. Methods Data on 677,340 adult urinary tract tumour patients, (429,154 cases of invasive and non-invasive bladder and 248,186 cases of invasive kidney cancers) diagnosed between 2000 and 2007 were provided by 86 population-based cancer registries from 29 European countries. The complete approach was used to estimate survival in 2000–2007; the period approach was used to estimate survival over time. Results The age-s…
I tumori dei bambini e degli adolescenti nella provincia di Palermo: i dati del Registro Tumori di Palermo e provincia.
Tumori infantili; Registri Tumori; Incidenza
Il Registro incontra i Sindaci: l’iniziativa di comunicazione del Registro Tumori di Palermo e Provincia
Registri Tumori; epidemiologia tumori; comunicazione rischio oncologico