Prevalence of anaemia at diagnosis of colorectal cancer: Assessment of associated risk factors

Hepato-Gastroenterology

Volumn 59, Issue 115, 2012, Pages 713-716

  Edna, Tom Harald ^a,b   Karlsen, Vegard ^a   Jullumstrø, Eivind ^a   Lydersen, Stian ^b  

^a Levanger Hospital   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

Anaemia; Colorectal cancer; Prevalence; Risk factors

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANEMIA; ARTICLE; ASCENDING COLON; CANCER STAGING; CECUM CANCER; CLINICAL FEATURE; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; GROUPS BY AGE; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM HEMORRHAGE; RISK FACTOR; SIGMOID CARCINOMA;

ADENOCARCINOMA; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANEMIA; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NEOPLASM STAGING; NORWAY; ODDS RATIO; PREVALENCE; REGISTRIES; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 84860511570     PISSN: 01726390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5754/hge11479     Document Type: Article

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