Clinical features of colorectal cancer in Iran: A 15-year review

Journal of Digestive Diseases

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 225-227

  Foroutan, Mojgan ^a,c   Rahimi, Navid ^b   Tabatabaeifar, Morteza ^a   Darvishi, Mahmood ^a   Hashemi, M ^a   Hossein panah, Farhad ^a   Zali, Mohammad Reza ^a  

^a Military University   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c NONE   (Iran)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Iran; Prevention

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ASIA; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER SCREENING; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA EXTRACTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; IRAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; REVIEW;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 55149118020     PISSN: 17512972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-2980.2008.00351.x     Document Type: Review

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