Clinical and Pathologic Outcomes of Colorectal Cancer in a Multi-Ethnic Population

Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1016-1021

  Koo, Jenn Hian ^a,b   Kin, Siu ^d   Wong, Cyril ^a,b,c   Jalaludin, Bin ^a,b,c   Kneebone, Andrew ^b,c   Connor, Susan J ^a,b   Leong, Rupert W L ^a,b  

^a Centre for Research Evidence Management and Surveillance   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c Southern Sydney Haematology   (Australia)

^d South Western Sydney Colorectal Tumour Group ^*

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ASIA; AUSTRALIA; BIRTHPLACE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; GENETIC HETEROGENEITY; HAZARD RATIO; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; MIDDLE EAST; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OVERALL SURVIVAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCREENING; SOUTHERN EUROPE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEW SOUTH WALES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 50949110521     PISSN: 15423565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2008.03.018     Document Type: Article

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