Characteristics of patients dying within 30 days of diagnosis of breast or colorectal cancer in Scotland, 2003-2007

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 104, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 60-67

  Brewster, D H ^a   Clark, D I ^a   Stockton, D L ^a   Munro, A J ^b   Steele, R J C ^b  

^a INFORMATION SERVICES DIVISION   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

breast neoplasms; co morbidity; colorectal neoplasms; mortality; Scotland; survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVANCED CANCER; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; CHI SQUARE TEST; COLORECTAL CANCER; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COHORT STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COMORBIDITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LIFE STYLE; MALE; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; REGISTRIES; RISK FACTORS; SCOTLAND; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 78650912005     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: 15321827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6606036     Document Type: Article

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