Epidemiology of gastrointestinal polyps

Surgical Oncology Clinics of North America

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 531-544

  Jacobson, J S ^a   Neugut, A I ^a  

^a Columbia Univ Sch of Public Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RISK; COLON ADENOMA; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; GASTROINTESTINAL POLYPOSIS; HUMAN; PREVALENCE; RECTUM ADENOMA; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; TUMOR RECURRENCE;

EID: 0029811020     PISSN: 10553207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1055-3207(18)30362-4     Document Type: Review

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