Clinicopathological pattern of colorectal cancer in the United Arab Emirates

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 518-522

  Al Shamsi, Shamma R ^a   Bener, Abdulbari ^a,e   Al Sharhan, Mouza ^d   Al Mansoor, Taleb M ^a   Azab, Ismail A ^b   Rashed, Ali ^c   Kakil, Rasul I ^e   Amiri, Khaled M ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b AL AIN HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

^c TAWAM HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

^d DUBAI HOSPITAL   (United Arab Emirates)

^e HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARAB; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RECURRENCE; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; COLORECTAL SURGERY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRUIT; HUMAN; KAPLAN MEIER METHOD; LYMPH NODE METASTASIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATHOLOGY; PREDICTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SURVIVAL TIME; UNITED ARAB EMIRATES; VEGETABLE;

EID: 0038016452     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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