Trends in time to diagnosis of colon cancer and impact on clinical outcomes

Canadian Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 26, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 877-880

  Singh, Harminder ^a   Shu, Emma ^b   Demers, Alain ^a,b   Bernstein, CharlesN ^a   Griffith, Jane ^a,b   Fradette, Katherine ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b CANCERCARE MANITOBA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Stage at diagnosis; Survival; Time trends

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER GRADING; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER REGISTRY; CANCER STAGING; CANCER SURVIVAL; COLON CANCER; COLONOSCOPY; COMORBIDITY; DATA BASE; FOLLOW UP; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL STATUS;

EID: 84871033426     PISSN: 08357900     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2012/363242     Document Type: Article

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