Burden of cancers in the valley of Kashmir: 5 year epidemiological study reveals a different scenario

Tumor Biology

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 1629-1637

  Pandith, Arshad A ^a   Siddiqi, Mushtaq A ^a  

^a SHER I KASHMIR INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Bladder cancer; Gastrointestinal tract; Genetic factors; Kashmiri population; Oropharyngeal cancer

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BLADDER CANCER; BREAST CANCER; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER INCIDENCE; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM CANCER; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; FEMALE; GALLBLADDER CANCER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; INDIA; KIDNEY CARCINOMA; LIVER CANCER; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NON MELANOMA SKIN CANCER; OROPHARYNX CANCER; OVARY CANCER; PANCREAS CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSTATE CANCER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH CANCER; THYROID CANCER; UROGENITAL TRACT CANCER;

EID: 84868111792     PISSN: 10104283     EISSN: 14230380     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13277-012-0418-z     Document Type: Article

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