Marked regional variation in adenocarcinomas of the esophagus and the gastric cardia in the United States

Cancer

Volumn 95, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 2096-2102

  Kubo, Ai ^a,b   Corley, Douglas A ^a,c,d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Columbia University ^*  (United States)

^c Northern California Kaiser Division of Research   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^e GI 2 West ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Esophageal neoplasms; Gastrointestinal neoplasms

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CARDIA CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GENDER; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIVIDUALITY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; RISK FACTOR; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED STATES;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CARDIA; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; SEER PROGRAM; SEX FACTORS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037110660     PISSN: 0008543X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cncr.10940     Document Type: Article

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