Survival for colon and rectal cancer in Estonia: Role of staging and treatment

Acta Oncologica

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 521-527

  Innos, Kaire ^a   Soplepmann, Jaan ^b   Suuroja, Tiit ^c   Melnik, Priit ^c   Aareleid, Tiiu ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH DEVELOPMENT   (Estonia)

^b TARTU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Estonia)

^c North Estonia Medical Centre   (Estonia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURGERY; CANCER SURVIVAL; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON CANCER; ESTONIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; METASTASIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CANCER; SURVIVAL RATE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; ESTONIA; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; LYMPHATIC METASTASIS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEOPLASM STAGING; PROGNOSIS; RECTAL NEOPLASMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84859742824     PISSN: 0284186X     EISSN: 1651226X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/0284186X.2011.633928     Document Type: Article

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