title: Cancer statistics, 1998.
abstract: The Surveillance Research Program of the American Cancer Society's Department of Epidemiology and Surveillance reports its 32nd annual compilation of cancer incidence, mortality, and survival data for the United States and around the world.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Surveillance, American Cancer Society, Atlanta, GA, USA.
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Landis
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Murray
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Bolden
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Wingo
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality; D005260:Female; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000401:mortality; D011471:Prostatic Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality; D012004:Rectal Neoplasms / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000401:mortality; D018426:SEER Program; D015996:Survival Rate; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D014944:World Health Organization