Risk of gastrointestinal cancer in patients with unexplained chest/epigastric pain and normal upper endoscopy: A Danish 10-year follow-up study

Digestive Diseases and Sciences

Volumn 52, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1730-1737

  Munk, Estrid Muff ^a,b   Drewes, Asbjørn Mohr ^a   Gorst Rasmussen, Anders ^a   Funch Jensen, Peter ^b   Gregersen, Hans ^a   Nørgård, Bente ^a  

^a AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Gastrointestinal cancer; Unexplained chest epigastric pain

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; EPIGASTRIC PAIN; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; HUMAN; LIVER CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; STOMACH CANCER; SYMPTOMATOLOGY; THORAX PAIN; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

ADULT; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHEST PAIN; DENMARK; ENDOSCOPY, DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 34249867638     PISSN: 01632116     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10620-007-9812-6     Document Type: Article

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