Survival for colon and rectal cancer in a population-based cancer registry

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 295-302

  Roncucci, L ^b   Fante, R ^c   Losi, L ^c   Di Gregorio, C ^c   Micheli, A ^a   Benatti, P ^c   Madenis, N ^c   Ganazzi, D ^c   Cassinadri, M T ^c   Lauriola, P ^c   Ponz De Leon, M ^c  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Cancer; Large bowel; Registry; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLON CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECTUM CANCER; RISK FACTOR; SURVIVAL; TUMOR GROWTH;

AGED; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PROGNOSIS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0029935585     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0959-8049(95)00532-3     Document Type: Article

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