Gall bladder cancer, extrahepatic bile duct cancer and ampullary carcinoma in New Zealand: Demographics, pathology and survival

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 72, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 857-861

  Koea, Jonathan ^a   Phillips, Anthony ^a   Lawes, Carlene ^b   Rodgers, Michael ^a   Windsor, John ^a   McCall, John ^a  

^a AUCKLAND CITY HOSPITAL   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ampullary carcinoma; Cholangiocarcinoma; Gall bladder cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; EXTRAHEPATIC BILE DUCT CARCINOMA; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER CARCINOMA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; NEW ZEALAND; SURVIVAL TIME; VATER PAPILLA CARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMPULLA OF VATER; BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; BILE DUCTS, EXTRAHEPATIC; CHOLANGIOCARCINOMA; COMMON BILE DUCT NEOPLASMS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW ZEALAND; REGISTRIES;

EID: 0036913105     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1445-2197.2002.02589.x     Document Type: Article

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