Emergency presentation of colon cancer is most frequent during summer

Colorectal Disease

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 663-668

  Gunnarsson, H ^a,b   Holm, T ^a   Ekholm, A ^b   Olsson, L I ^a,b  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b Public Dental Service   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Emergency; Population based; Risk factors; Stage; Survival

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLON CANCER; ELECTIVE SURGERY; EMERGENCY SURGERY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SUMMER; SWEDEN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; EMERGENCIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTESTINAL OBSTRUCTION; INTESTINAL PERFORATION; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROGNOSIS; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; SEASONS; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 79955921272     PISSN: 14628910     EISSN: 14631318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1463-1318.2010.02270.x     Document Type: Article

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