Colorectal cancer among Yemeni patients. Characteristics and trends

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 1002-1005

  Basaleem, Huda O ^a   Al Sakkaf, Khaled A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ADEN   (Yemen)

^b Dr A Nasher Higher Inst Hlth Sci   (Yemen)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER REGISTRY; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMMUNITY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; EARLY CANCER; FEMALE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT EDUCATION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; YEMEN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BIOPSY, NEEDLE; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; INCIDENCE; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; YEMEN;

EID: 4544359290     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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