Cancer risk following appendectomy for acute appendicitis (Denmark)

Cancer Causes and Control

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 183-187

  Mellemkjær, Lene ^a   Johansen, Christoffer ^a   Linet, Martha S ^b   Gridley, Gloria ^b   Olsen, Jørgen H ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Denmark)

^b NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Appendectomy; Appendicitis; Cancer risk; Denmark

Indexed keywords

ACUTE APPENDICITIS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CHILD; DENMARK; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; APPENDECTOMY; APPENDICITIS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 0031948296     PISSN: 09575243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008834311514     Document Type: Article

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