Changing sites of colorectal cancer in the Israeli Jewish ethnic populations and its clinical implications

European Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-9

  Rozen, Paul ^a,b   Liphshitz, Irena ^c   Barchana, Micha ^c,d  

^a TEL AVIV SOURASKY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Israel)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Cancer site; Colorectal cancer; Ethnic groups; Jews

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; ASIA; CANCER LOCALIZATION; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; RUSSIAN FEDERATION; SEX RATIO; SPLEEN; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TREND STUDY;

AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; AGED; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; ISRAEL; JEWS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES;

EID: 33846244713     PISSN: 09598278     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.cej.0000215619.05757.4d     Document Type: Article

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