Risk of colorectal cancer and other cancers in patients with gall stones

Gut

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 439-443

  Johansen, C ^a   Chow, Wong Ho ^b   Jorgensen T ^a,c   Mellemkjaer, L ^a   Engholm, G ^a   Olsen, J H ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cholecystectomy; Colorectal cancer; Gall stones; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GALLSTONE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS CANCER; POPULATION RISK; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMALL INTESTINE CANCER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0029839992     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.39.3.439     Document Type: Article

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