The effect of age and gender on outcome after treatment for colon carcinoma. A population-based study in the Uppsala and Stockholm region

Critical Reviews in Oncology/Hematology

Volumn 67, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 229-236

  van Leeuwen, Barbara L ^a   Påhlman, Lars ^a   Gunnarsson, Ulf ^a   Sjövall, Annika ^b   Martling, Anna ^b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cancer; Colon; Elderly; Outcome; Surgery

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLON CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; OVERALL SURVIVAL; POPULATION RESEARCH; REOPERATION; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHEMOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; COHORT STUDIES; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; RADIOTHERAPY, ADJUVANT; REGISTRIES; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; SWEDEN; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 48949092943     PISSN: 10408428     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.critrevonc.2008.03.005     Document Type: Review

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