Trends in survival for both histologic types of esophageal cancer in U.S. Surveillance, Epidemiology and End Results areas

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 105, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 98-100

  Polednak, Anthony P ^a  

^a Connecticut Dept of Public Health ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER SURVIVAL; DATA BASE; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; UNITED STATES;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEER PROGRAM; SEX FACTORS; SMOKING; SOFTWARE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0037457655     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.11029     Document Type: Article

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