Epidemiology of cancer of the large bowel - The 12-year experience of a specialized registry in Northern Italy

Italian Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 10-18

  De Ponz Leon, M ^a   Benatti, P ^a   Percesepe, A ^b   Di Gregorio, C ^c   Fante, R ^d   Losi, L ^a   Rossi, G ^a   Pedroni, M ^b   Roncucci, L ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

^b Ospedale di Carpi   (Italy)

^c Ospedale di Mantova   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cancer; Colon; Rectum

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; HUMAN; ITALY; LARGE INTESTINE CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY;

AGED; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 0032960845     PISSN: 11258055     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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