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Classical Article
. 2004 Dec 13;91(12):1983-9.
doi: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6602297.

The age distribution of cancer and a multi-stage theory of carcinogenesis

P Armitage  1 , R Doll
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Classical Article

The age distribution of cancer and a multi-stage theory of carcinogenesis

P Armitage et al. Br J Cancer. .
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Figure 1
Figure 1
Change in mortality with age for cancer of the oesophagus, stomach and pancreas in men and for cancer of the stomach and pancreas in women shown on a double logarithmic scale, that is, the logarithm of the death rate per million persons plotted against the logarithm of the mid-point of the age group. The straight line through the points has been drawn arbitrarily to give the best fit, subject to the gradient being 6 to 1.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Change in mortality with age for cancer of the colon and rectum in men and women, shown as in Figure 1.
Figure 3
Figure 3
Change in mortality with age for cancer of the lung, bladder and prostate in men and for cancer of the lung in women, shown as in Figure 1.
Figure 4
Figure 4
Change in mortality with age for cancer of the breast, ovary and cervix and corpus uteri in women, shown as in Figure 1.
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