Cancer in elderly: A study of hospital-based cancer registry in the Western Turkey

Hippokratia

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 57-60

  Kilciksiz, S ^a   Yilmaz, E B ^b   Yigit, S ^c   Baloglu, A ^c  

^a Ministry of Health Okmeydani Training and Research Hospital   (Turkey)

^b GAZIANTEP UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c ATATURK TRAINING AND RESEARCH HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cancer in elderly; Histology; Topography

Indexed keywords

AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CLINICAL EVALUATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC MALIGNANCY; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; LARYNX CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIPLE CANCER; RETICULOENDOTHELIAL NEOPLASM; SKIN CANCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; TRANSITIONAL CELL CARCINOMA; TUMOR LOCALIZATION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UROGENITAL TRACT CANCER;

EID: 84855465385     PISSN: 11084189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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