Are newly diagnosed columnar-lined oesophagus patients getting younger?

European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Volumn 21, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1127-1131

  Wall, Christine M ^a   Charlett, Andre ^b   Caygill, Christine Pauline Joan ^a   Gatenby, Piers A C ^a   Ramus, James R ^a   Winslet, Marc C ^a   Watson, Anthony ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age at diagnosis; Columnar lined oesophagus; Date of diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGING; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; COLUMNAR EPITHELIUM; COLUMNAR LINED ESOPHAGUS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ESOPHAGUS DISEASE; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REGISTER; AGE; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; CLINICAL TRIAL; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; RISK FACTOR; SEX RATIO; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BARRETT ESOPHAGUS; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PRECANCEROUS CONDITIONS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 70349741405     PISSN: 0954691X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MEG.0b013e328329c414     Document Type: Article

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