Epidemiology of gallbladder cancer and trends in cholecystectomy rates in Scotland, 1968-1998

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 39, Issue 14, 2003, Pages 2080-2086

  Wood, R ^a   Fraser, L A ^a   Brewster, D H ^a   Garden, O J ^b  

^a HEALTHCARE IMPROVEMENT SCOTLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cholecystectomy; Epidemiology; Gallbladder cancer; Incidence; Mortality; Scotland; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVALUATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GALLBLADDER CARCINOMA; GERIATRIC CARE; HISTORY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; LAPAROSCOPIC SURGERY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; TREATMENT INDICATION; UNITED KINGDOM; ADOLESCENT; CHILD; GALLBLADDER TUMOR; INCIDENCE; INFANT; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; NEWBORN; ONSET AGE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; SURVIVAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE OF ONSET; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHOLECYSTECTOMY; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0142026190     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-8049(03)00370-8     Document Type: Article

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