Colorectal cancer in young patients under 40 years of age. Comparison with old patients in a well defined Jordanian population

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 871-874

  Al Jaberi, Tareq M ^a   Yaghan, Rami J ^a   El Heis, Husein A ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER INVASION; CANCER SCREENING; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EGYPT; FAMILY; FEMALE; GENDER; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GROUPS BY AGE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; JORDAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUCINOUS CARCINOMA; PATHOLOGY; PATIENT SELECTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; RECTUM TUMOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGNET RING CARCINOMA; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; JORDAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROBABILITY; PROGNOSIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0141480984     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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