Colon cancer in the elderly: Evidence for major improvements in health care and survival

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 76, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 963-967

  Arveux, I ^a   Boutron, M C ^a   El Mrini, T ^a   Arveux, P ^a   Liabeuf, A ^a   Pfitzenmeyer, P ^b   Faivre, J ^a  

^a Registre Bourguignon Cancers D   (France)

^b Service de Gériatrie   (France)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Stage at diagnosis; Survival; Time trends

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLON CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FRANCE; GERIATRIC CARE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030819554     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1997.492     Document Type: Article

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