Rectal cancer in young adults: A series of 102 patients at a tertiary care centre in India

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 475-479

  Nath, J ^a   Wigley, C ^a   Keighley, M R B ^b   Perakath, Benjamin ^a  

^a CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b Whalebone Cottage ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Histopathology; India; Rectal cancer; TNM stage; Young patients

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER STAGING; CONTROLLED STUDY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CARCINOMA; RECTUM SURGERY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 66049095153     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2008.01607.x     Document Type: Article

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