Open AccessLung cancer in Spain: information from the Thoracic Tumors Registry (TTR study)
Author(s) -
Mariano Provencio,
Enric Carcereny,
Delvys Rodríguez-Abreu,
Rafael López-Castro,
M. Guirado,
Carlos Camps,
Joaquím Bosch-Barrera,
Rosario Garcı́a-Campelo,
A.L. Ortega Granados,
J. L. Gonzalez-Larriba,
Joaquín CasalRubio,
Manuel Dómine,
Bartomeu Massutí,
María Sala,
Reyes Bernabé,
Juana Oramas,
Elvira del Barco
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
translational lung cancer research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.474
H-Index - 41
eISSN - 2226-4477
pISSN - 2218-6751
DOI - 10.21037/tlcr.2019.08.05
Subject(s) - medicine , lung cancer , cancer registry , cancer , kras , adenocarcinoma , disease , cohort , epidemiology , population , oncology , incidence (geometry) , environmental health , physics , optics , colorectal cancer
Lung cancer remains a leading cause of cancer incidence and mortality worldwide. Although Spain contributes to global statistics related to cancer, it is difficult to discern aspects linked to clinical presentation of the disease or molecular testing. The Thoracic Tumor Registry (TTR) was created with the aim of filling this gap.