Influence of stage at diagnosis on survival differences for rectal cancer in three European populations

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 463-468

  Monnet, E ^a   Faivre, J ^b   Raymond, L ^c   Garau, I ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE FRANCHE COMTÉ   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^c GENEVA CANCER REGISTRY   (Switzerland)

^d UNIVERSITAT DE LES ILLES BALEARS   (Spain)

Author keywords

International studies; Rectal neoplasm; Registries; Staging; Survival analysis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; SPAIN; SWITZERLAND;

ADULT; AGED; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; RISK; SPAIN; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL RATE; SWITZERLAND; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0032869146     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6690716     Document Type: Article

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