Trends in incidence rates of oesophagus and gastric cancer in Italy by subsite and histology, 1986-1997

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 739-746

  Orengo, Maria A ^a   Casella, Claudia ^a   Fontana, Vincenzo ^a   Filiberti, Rosangela ^a   Conio, Massimo ^b   Rosso, Stefano ^c   Tumino, Rosario ^d   Crosignani, Paolo ^e   De Lisi, Vincenzo ^f   Falcini, Fabio ^g   Vercelli, Marina ^a,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

^b Sanremo Hospital   (Italy)

^c Piedmont Cancer Registry   (Italy)

^d Azienda Ospedaliera   (Italy)

^e NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^f Azienda Ospedaliera   (Italy)

^g MORGAGNI PIERANTONI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

^h UNIVERSITY OF GENOA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Estimated annual percentage change; Gastric cardia; Incidence; Oesophagus; Time trend

Indexed keywords

AGE; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CARDIA CARCINOMA; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; EUROPE; FEMALE; HUMAN; ITALY; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; SEX DIFFERENCE; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; STATISTICAL MODEL; STOMACH CANCER; STOMACH FUNDUS;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ITALY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33745232562     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.meg.0000223905.78116.38     Document Type: Article

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