Estimation and projections of colorectal cancer trends in Italy

International Journal of Epidemiology

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 924-932

  Capocaccia, Riccardo ^a   De Angelis, Roberta ^a   Frova, Luisa ^b   Gatta, Gemma ^c   Sant, Milena ^c   Micheli, Andrea ^c   Berrino, Franco ^c   Conti, Ettore ^d   Gafà, Lorenzo ^e   Roncuccl, Luca ^f   Verdecchia, Arduino ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

^b ITALIAN NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STATISTICS   (Italy)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^d Latina Cancer Registry ^*  (Italy)

^e Ragusa Cancer Registry   (Italy)

^f Colorectal Cancer Registry ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Italy; Occurrence; Survival; Time trends

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLON CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; DEATH CERTIFICATE; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RECTUM CANCER; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FORECASTING; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0030718560     PISSN: 03005771     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ije/26.5.924     Document Type: Article

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