Substantial variation in therapy for colorectal cancer across Europe: EUROCARE analysis of cancer registry data for 1987

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 32, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 831-835

  Gatta, G ^a   Sant, M ^a   Coebergh, J W ^b,c   Hakulinen, T ^d,e   Aareleid, T ^f   Faivre, J ^f   Grosclaude, P ^f   Pottier, D ^f   Raverdy, N ^f   Schraub, S ^f   Ziegler, H ^f   Berrino, F ^f   Damhuis, R A M ^f   Pawlega, J ^f   Comba, F ^f   Torhorst, J ^f   Bell, J ^f   Youngson, J ^f  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b Erasmus University Rotterdam and Eindhoven Cancer Registry   (Netherlands)

^c ERASMUS UNIVERSITY ROTTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^d FINNISH CANCER REGISTRY   (Finland)

^e KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^f NONE

Author keywords

Colon and rectal surgery; Colonic neoplasms; Rectal neoplasms; Registries; Survival; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ADJUVANT CHEMOTHERAPY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; COLORECTAL CANCER; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURVIVAL;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; EUROPE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES;

EID: 0029893529     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0959-8049(95)00642-7     Document Type: Article

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