The prevalence of colorectal cancer in Italy

Tumori

Volumn 85, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 387-390

  Gatta, Gemma ^a   Francisci, Silvia ^a   Ponz De Leon, Maurizio ^b  

^a NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^b Ist Naz Stud e la Cura dei Tumori ^*

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Dukes' stage; Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal carcinoma; Population based cancer registries; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER PALLIATIVE THERAPY; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; COLORECTAL CANCER; HUMAN; ITALY; METASTASIS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 0032738675     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089169908500505     Document Type: Article

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