Higher prevalence in young population and rightward shift of colorectal carcinoma

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1391-1393

  Guraya, Salman Y ^a   Eltinay, Omer E ^a  

^a KING KHALID UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER STAGING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; PREVALENCE; SAUDI ARABIA; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CARCINOMA; COLON, TRANSVERSE; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SAUDI ARABIA; SIGMOIDOSCOPY;

EID: 33748852700     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: 03795284     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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