The epidemiology of pancreatic cancer in the United States: Changes below the surface

Alimentary Pharmacology and Therapeutics

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 87-94

  Shaib, Y H ^a,b   Davila, J A ^b   El Serag, H B ^b  

^a MICHAEL E DEBAKEY VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEGRO; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEX RATIO; SURVIVAL RATE; SURVIVAL TIME; UNITED STATES;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MORTALITY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; PANCREATIC NEOPLASMS; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL RATE; UNITED STATES;

EID: 33745117233     PISSN: 02692813     EISSN: 13652036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2006.02961.x     Document Type: Article

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