Time trends in distal colorectal cancer subsite location related to age and how it affects choice of screening modality

Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 235-238

  Nelson, Richard L ^a,b   Persky, Victoria ^a,b   Turyk, Mary ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Age, race, and gender; Colorectal cancer; Screening sigmoidoscopy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SCREENING; CAUCASIAN; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING COLON; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGMOID; SIGMOIDOSCOPY; SURGICAL ANATOMY;

AGE FACTORS; AGED; COLON; COLON, SIGMOID; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECTUM; SEER PROGRAM; SEX FACTORS; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 0032412010     PISSN: 00224790     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1096-9098(199812)69:4<235::AID-JSO8>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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