Are right- and left-sided colon neoplasms distinct tumors?

Digestive Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 4-5, 1997, Pages 302-311

  Distler, Peter ^a,b   Holt, Peter R ^a,b  

^a ST LUKE S ROOSEVELT HOSPITAL CENTER   (United States)

^b The New York Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Colon cancer epidemiology; Distal colon; Proximal colon

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; CELL DIVISION; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COLON; COLON TUMOR; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; PATHOLOGY; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; REVIEW; RISK FACTOR; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

ANIMALS; CELL DIVISION; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; COLON; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMANS; MALE; RISK FACTORS; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

EID: 0031179914     PISSN: 02572753     EISSN: 14219875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000171605     Document Type: Article

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