Epidemiology of neuroendocrine tumours

Neuroendocrinology

Volumn 80, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2004, Pages 3-7

  Taal, B G ^a   Visser, O ^b  

^a ANTONI VAN LEEUWENHOEK HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b Integraal Kankercentrum Amsterdam   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Neuroendocrine tumours

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER SURVIVAL; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONFERENCE PAPER; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; METASTASIS; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMOR; OCCUPATIONAL CANCER; OCCUPATIONAL HAZARD; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; TUMOR LOCALIZATION;

AGE FACTORS; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; NETHERLANDS; NEUROENDOCRINE TUMORS; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 6044243758     PISSN: 00283835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000080731     Document Type: Conference Paper

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