Cancer of the colon and rectum: Potential effects of sex-age interactions on incidence and outcome

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 203-209

  Purim, Ofer ^a   Gordon, Noa ^a   Brenner, Baruch ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Estrogen; Incidence; Male to female ratio; SEER

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER STAGING; COLON CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RECTUM CANCER; SURVIVAL RATE;

EID: 84876856585     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.883842     Document Type: Article

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