The risk of gallbladder cancer from polyps in a large multiethnic series

European Journal of Surgical Oncology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 48-51

  Aldouri, A Q ^a   Malik, H Z ^a   Waytt, J ^a   Khan, S ^a   Ranganathan, K ^a   Kummaraganti, S ^a   Hamilton, W ^a   Dexter, S ^a   Menon, K ^a   Lodge, J P ^a   Prasad, K R ^a   Toogood, G J ^a  

^a ST JAMES S UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Gallbladder cancer; Gallbladder polyps; Indian ethnic background; Wall thickness

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER RISK; CAUCASIAN; CONTROLLED STUDY; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER CANCER; GALLBLADDER POLYP; GALLSTONE; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INDIAN; KIDNEY DISEASE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PELVIC DISEASE; POLYP; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRASOUND;

CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INDIA; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYPS; REGISTRIES; RISK; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 57549086706     PISSN: 07487983     EISSN: 15322157     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejso.2008.01.036     Document Type: Article

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