Profile of patients with colorectal cancer at a tertiary care cancer hospital in Pakistan

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

Volumn 1138, Issue , 2008, Pages 199-203

  Anwar, Natasha ^a   Badar, Farhana ^a   Yusuf, Muhammad Aasim ^a  

^a SHAUKAT KHANUM MEMORIAL CANCER HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Developing country; Epidemiology; Pakistan; Younger age presentation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AWARENESS; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CONFERENCE PAPER; DEMOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PAKISTAN; PUBLIC HEALTH; SEX DIFFERENCE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

EID: 53149100903     PISSN: 00778923     EISSN: 17496632     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1196/annals.1414.026     Document Type: Conference Paper

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