Does the increasing trend of colorectal cancer incidence in jeddah reflect a rise in the kingdom of saudi arabia?

Asian Pacific Journal of Cancer Prevention

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 6285-6288

  Mosli, Mahmoud H ^a,b   Al Ahwal, Mahmoud S ^a  

^a KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Epidemiology; Incidence; Jedda; Saudi arabia

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLORECTAL TUMOR; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTER; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAUDI ARABIA;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; REGISTRIES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 84877055182     PISSN: 15137368     EISSN: 2476762X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7314/APJCP.2012.13.12.6285     Document Type: Article

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