Prognosis of colorectal cancer varies in different high-risk conditions

Annals of Medicine

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 75-80

  Aarnio, Markku ^a   Mustonen, Harri ^a   Mecklin, Jukka Pekka ^a   Järvinen, Heikki J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b Department of Surgery ^*  (Finland)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Familial adenomatous polyposis; Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer; Prognosis in cancer; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILIAL POLYPOSIS; FEMALE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

EID: 0031968649     PISSN: 07853890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/07853899808999387     Document Type: Article

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