Primary gastrointestinal cancers in the Western Region of Saudi Arabia: Is the pattern changing?

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2000, Pages 730-734

  Al Radi, Assem O ^a   Ayyub, Mohammad ^a   Al Mashat, Faisal M ^b   Barlas, Shahid M ^a   Al Hamdan, Nasir A ^c   Ajarim, Dahish S ^c   Ghafouri, Hassan M ^b   Koriech, Osama M ^d   Alidrissi, Hassan Y ^c   Alsonossi, Ali A ^e  

^a King Abdulaziz Hosp and Oncology Centre   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c National Cancer Registry   (Israel)

^d The General Directorate of Armed Forces Health Services   (Saudi Arabia)

^e Family and Community Medicine   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Colorectal carcinoma; Gastrointestinal malignancies; Hepatocellular carcinoma

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TUMOR; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRESCHOOL CHILD; REGISTER; RISK FACTOR; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX RATIO; STATISTICS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; REGISTRIES; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0034252510     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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