Comorbidity and age as predictors of risk for early mortality of male and female colon carcinoma patients: A population-based study

Cancer

Volumn 82, Issue 11, 1998, Pages 2123-2134

  Yancik, Rosemary ^a   Wesley, Margaret N ^b   Ries, Lynn A G ^c   Havlik, Richard J ^a   Long, Sherrill ^b   Edwards, Brenda K ^c   Yates, Jerome W ^d  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

^b INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SERVICES INC   (United States)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^d ROSWELL PARK CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Colon carcinoma; Comorbidity; Elderly

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER STAGING; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; COLON CARCINOMA; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SEX DIFFERENCE;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032104347     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19980601)82:11<2123::AID-CNCR6>3.0.CO;2-W     Document Type: Article

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