Medullary carcinoma of the large intestine: A population based analysis

International Journal of Oncology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 901-907

  Thirunavukarasu, Pragatheeshwar ^a   Sathaiah, Magesh ^a   Singla, Smit ^b   Sukumar, Shyam ^c   Karunamurthy, Arivarasan ^d   Pragatheeshwar, Kothai Divya ^a   Lee, Kenneth K W ^e   Zeh III, Herbert ^a   Kane, Kevin M ^f   Bartlett, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^c HENRY FORD HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

^d KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

^e UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^f Building D   (United States)

Author keywords

Adenocarcinoma; Colon; Medullary carcinoma; Medullary carcinoma of colon; Medullary type adenocarcinoma; Microsatellite instability; Poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma; Undifferentiated adenocarcinoma

Indexed keywords

CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER LOCALIZATION; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; LARGE INTESTINE CANCER; LARGE INTESTINE MEDULLARY CARCINOMA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METASTASIS; ONSET AGE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; SEX DIFFERENCE; SIGMOID;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARCINOEMBRYONIC ANTIGEN; CARCINOMA, MEDULLARY; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; NEOPLASMS, MULTIPLE PRIMARY; PROGNOSIS; SEER PROGRAM; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SEX FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956542692     PISSN: 10196439     EISSN: 17912423     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3892/ijo_00000741     Document Type: Article

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