Pathology findings and validation of gastric and esophageal cancer cases in a European cohort (EPIC/EUR-GAST)

Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 618-627

  Carneiro, Fátima ^a,b   Moutinho, Cátia ^a   Pera, Guillem ^c   Caldas, Carlos ^d   Fenger, Claus ^e   Offerhaus, Johan ^f   Save, Vicki ^g   Stenling, Roger ^h   Nesi, Gabriella ⁱ   Mahlke, U ^j   Bläker, Hendrik ^k   Torrado, Julio ^l   Roukos, Dimitrios H ^m   Sabourin, Jean Christophe ⁿ   Boeing, Heiner ^o   Palli, Domenico ^p   Bueno De Mesquita, H Bas ^q   Overvad, Kim ^r,s   Bingham, Sheila ^t   Clavel Chapelon, Françoise ⁿ   Lund, Eiliv ^u   Trichopoulou, Antonia ^v   Manjer, Jonas ^w   Riboli, Elio ^x,y   Gonzalez, Carlos A ^c   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b Medical Faculty HS João   (Portugal)

^c CATALAN INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Spain)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^e ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^f UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^g ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^h UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^j Institute of Pathology   (Germany)

^k UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^l Hospital Nuestra Senora de Aranzazu   (Spain)

^m UNIVERSITY OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

ⁿ INSTITUT GUSTAVE ROUSSY   (France)

^o GERMAN INSTITUTE OF HUMAN NUTRITION   (Germany)

^p CANCER RESEARCH AND PREVENTION INSTITUTE ISPO   (Italy)

^q NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT   (Netherlands)

^r AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^s AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^t UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^u UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

^v UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^w LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^x INTERNATIONAL AGENCY FOR RESEARCH ON CANCER   (France)

^y IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

EPIC; Epidemiology; Esophageal cancer; EUR GAST; Gastric cancer; Pathology; Validation study

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CENTER; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER REGISTRY; CARDIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA; STOMACH CANCER; TISSUE FIXATION; TISSUE SECTION; VALIDATION STUDY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADULT; AGED; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; EUROPE; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PARAFFIN EMBEDDING; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 34247378202     PISSN: 00365521     EISSN: 15027708     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00365520601101641     Document Type: Article

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