Evaluating gastric cancer misclassification: A potential explanation for the rise in cardia cancer incidence

Journal of the National Cancer Institute

Volumn 91, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 786-790

  Ekström, Anna Mia ^a   Signorello, Lisa B ^b   Hansson, Lars Erik ^d   Bergström, Reinhold ^d   Lindgren, Anders ^c   Nyrén, Olof ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c FALUN HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER REGISTRY; CARDIA CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH CARCINOMA; SWEDEN;

EID: 0344258478     PISSN: 00278874     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jnci/91.9.786     Document Type: Article

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