Frequent occurrence of esophageal cancer in young people in western Kenya

Diseases of the Esophagus

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 128-135

  Parker, R K ^a,b   Dawsey, S M ^c   Abnet, C C ^c   White, R E ^a,d  

^a Tenwek Hospital   (Kenya)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^d BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Age of onset; Esophageal cancer; Ethnicity; Kenya

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; KENYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RESIDENTIAL AREA; SEX RATIO; STOMACH CANCER; TREND STUDY; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER; ADENOCARCINOMA; AGE; CARCINOMA, SIGNET RING CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; DEMOGRAPHY; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ETHNIC GROUP; ETHNOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RESIDENTIAL CARE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADENOCARCINOMA; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; CARCINOMA, SIGNET RING CELL; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CATCHMENT AREA (HEALTH); ENDEMIC DISEASES; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; KENYA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSTATIC NEOPLASMS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; UTERINE CERVICAL NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953152321     PISSN: 11208694     EISSN: 14422050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1442-2050.2009.00977.x     Document Type: Article

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