Rise of colorectal cancer in Singapore: An epidemiological review

ANZ Journal of Surgery

Volumn 77, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 446-449

  Wong, Mark T C ^a   Eu, Kong Weng ^a  

^a SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Epidemiological trend; Incidence rate

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RESEARCH; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLON ADENOCARCINOMA; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESCENDING COLON; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RECTUM CANCER; SEX RATIO; SIGMOID CARCINOMA; SINGAPORE; SOUTHEAST ASIA; TREND STUDY;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ASIA, SOUTHEASTERN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; SINGAPORE;

EID: 34248400319     PISSN: 14451433     EISSN: 14452197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1445-2197.2007.04092.x     Document Type: Article

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