Colorectal carcinoma among ethnic Chinese in Singapore: Trends in incidence rate by anatomic subsite from 1968 to 1992

Cancer

Volumn 85, Issue 12, 1999, Pages 2519-2525

  Huang, Jie ^a   Seow, Adeline ^a   Shi, Chen Yang ^a   Lee, Hin Peng ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Colorectal carcinoma; Distal; Incidence; Population based study; Proximal; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PREVENTION; CANCER REGISTRY; CHINESE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; DIET; EARLY DIAGNOSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HEREDITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SINGAPORE;

EID: 0033564754     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0142(19990615)85:12<2519::AID-CNCR5>3.0.CO;2-6     Document Type: Article

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