Colorectal cancer in Korea: Characteristics and trends

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Volumn 88, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 262-265

  Kim, Dong Wan ^a   Bang, Yung Jue ^a   Heo, Dae Seog ^a   Kim, Noe Kyeong ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Clinical and pathological characteristics; Colorectal cancer; Korea; Trends

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; COLON CANCER; COLORECTAL CANCER; DISEASE ACTIVITY; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; KOREA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RECTUM CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 0036657782     PISSN: 03008916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/030089160208800402     Document Type: Article

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