No further increase in the incidence of esophageal adenocarcinoma in Sweden

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 129, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 513-516

  Lagergren, Jesper ^a,b   Mattsson, Fredrik ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cardia cancer; Esophageal cancer; Gastric cancer; Time trends

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER CLASSIFICATION; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STATISTICS; CARDIA CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLNESS TRAJECTORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX DIFFERENCE; STOMACH ADENOCARCINOMA; SWEDEN; ADENOCARCINOMA; CARDIA; ESOPHAGUS TUMOR; INCIDENCE; REGISTER; STOMACH TUMOR;

ADENOCARCINOMA; CARDIA; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; REGISTRIES; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; SWEDEN;

EID: 79958085691     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: 10970215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.25701     Document Type: Article

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