Esophageal cancer incidence rates by histological type and overall: Puerto Rico versus the United States Surveillance, Epidemiology, and End Results population, 1992-2005

Cancer Epidemiology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 5-10

  González, Lorena ^a   Magno, Priscilla ^a,b   Ortiz, Ana P ^b   Ortiz Ortiz, Karen ^b   Hess, Kenneth ^c   Nogueras González, Graciela M ^a,c   Suárez, Erick ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Puerto Rico)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MD ANDERSON CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Esophageal cancer; Incidence; Puerto Rico; Relative risks; Standardized rate ratios

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER EPIDEMIOLOGY; CANCER RISK; ESOPHAGEAL ADENOCARCINOMA; ESOPHAGEAL SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ESOPHAGUS CANCER; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUERTO RICO; RACE; UNITED STATES;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ESOPHAGEAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PUERTO RICO; RISK; RISK FACTORS; SEER PROGRAM; UNITED STATES;

EID: 84872126209     PISSN: 18777821     EISSN: 1877783X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.canep.2012.09.002     Document Type: Article

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