Socioeconomic status and changing inequalities in colorectal cancer? A review of the associations with risk, treatment and outcome

European Journal of Cancer

Volumn 46, Issue 15, 2010, Pages 2681-2695

  Aarts, Mieke J ^a   Lemmens, Valery E P P ^a,b   Louwman, Marieke W J ^a,b   Kunst, Anton E ^b   Coebergh, Jan Willem W ^a,b  

^a Eindhoven Cancer Registry   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Colorectal neoplasms; Neoplasms; Socioeconomic factors; Trends

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT;

CANADA; CANCER ADJUVANT THERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMICS; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNITED STATES;

EID: 77956630765     PISSN: 09598049     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejca.2010.04.026     Document Type: Article

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