Comparisons of the incidence and pathological characteristics of prostate cancer between Chinese and Portuguese in Macau

Chinese Medical Journal

Volumn 121, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 292-294

  Ian, Lan Hong ^a   Li, Hong ^a   Yang, Yong ^b   Ho, Chun Fat ^c  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CAPITAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Estrada Do Visconde de Sao Januario   (China)

Author keywords

Chinese; Incidence; Portuguese; Prostate cancer

Indexed keywords

PROSTATE SPECIFIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER STAGING; CHINESE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNIC GROUP; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; MACAO; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PORTUGUESE; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PROSTATE BIOPSY; PROSTATE CANCER; PROSTATE CARCINOMA; PROSTATE HYPERTROPHY; PROSTATIC INTRAEPITHELIAL NEOPLASIA; RANDOM SAMPLE; SEROLOGY; BLOOD; CHINA; ETHNOLOGY; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; PORTUGAL; PROSTATE TUMOR;

AGED; CHINA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MACAO; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PORTUGAL; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS;

EID: 41649115013     PISSN: 03666999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00029330-200802020-00002     Document Type: Article

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