Tumors of the appendix and colon

World Journal of Surgery

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 430-436

  Hatch, Kathryn F ^a   Blanchard, D Kay ^a   Hatch, George F ^a   Wertheimer Hatch, Laura ^a   Davis, Gregory B ^a   Foster, Roger S ^a   Skandalakis, John E ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; APPENDIX TUMOR; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLON TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LEIOMYOMA; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LIVER METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; TUMOR GROWTH; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TUMOR VOLUME;

ABDOMINAL PAIN; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; APPENDICEAL NEOPLASMS; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL HEMORRHAGE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LEIOMYOMA; LEIOMYOSARCOMA; LIVER NEOPLASMS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SEX FACTORS; SIGMOID NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0034017109     PISSN: 03642313     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002689910068     Document Type: Article

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