Similarities in the Age-Specific Incidence of Colon and Testicular Cancers

PLoS ONE

Volumn 8, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Soto Ortiz, Luis ^a   Brody, James P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER INCIDENCE; CANCER REGISTRY; COLON CANCER; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; PREDICTION; TESTIS CANCER; UNITED STATES; ADOLESCENT; AGE; AGING; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; INCIDENCE; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; AGING; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; TESTICULAR NEOPLASMS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84879490243     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066694     Document Type: Article

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