Demographics, pathologic patterns and long-term survival in operable colon cancers: Local experience in Pakistan

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 361-364

  Shaikh, Asim Jamal ^a   Raza, Sajjad ^b   Shaikh, Altaf Ahmed ^c   Idress, Romana ^a   Kumar, Shiyam ^a   Rasheed, Yasmin Abdul ^a   Lal, Amar ^a   Masood, Nehal ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b DOW UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

^c Department of Histopathology   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Prognosis; Tumour characteristics

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951160361     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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